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Oleg Arkhipenkov

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Oleg Arkhipenkov, born 1985, Moscow. Charges: Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in mass riots); “Oleg Arkhipenkov's case”. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, June 5, 2016.

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Moscow · Moscow · Office workers · Cases related to mass actions

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Participated in mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012

Latest event

June 5, 2016 — recognised as a political prisoner

Memorial Human Rights Centre

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

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  1. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  2. · Persecution ends

  3. · Persecution begins

    Oleg Arkhipenkov's case

Criminal case

Oleg Arkhipenkov's case

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Thematic group: Bolotnaya case

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According to OVD-Info

Detained on June 14, 2012, accused of participating in mass riots at the May 6, 2012 rally on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow, which had been agreed upon by the authorities. He was kept in pre-trial detention center in June-August 2012, then released on personal recognizance. He was held for several days in a psychiatric hospital where he was injected with drugs; spent two months under arrest; was amnestied in February 2014.

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