Nikita Evshin
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism cases
- Region
- Arkhangelsk Oblast
- City
- Irkutsk, Severodvinsk
Case summary
Resident of Severodvinsk (Arkhangelsk region, North of European Russia). Tried for murder. On 4 September 2024, detained by force as part of an attempted murder case, details unknown. On 9 September, he was taken into custody. Later it became known that he testified against the defendants in the case on the activities of an extremist community in connection with the work of the project “Anti Pytki” (Anti-Torture), which provides data on violations of prisoners' rights and discloses the identities of convicts collaborating with prison guards.
Others charged under Article 282.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
What we write about political persecution
Recent material from this section. This is section navigation — the articles below are not about this person.
- 2026-09-04Georgia court clears extradition of Fugal ally to Russia
- 2026-09-04Russia labels Novaya Gazeta a 'foreign agent,' adds over 100 affiliated names
- 2026-09-04Russian court sentences hostage-takers from Rostov detention center to up to 29 years
- 2026-09-04Two Yabloko Duma candidates detained in Moscow two days before vote
- 2026-09-03British man says Russian police beat him, jumped on his head at station in Yessentuki
Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
Published under CC BY 3.0. The criteria for treating a person as politically persecuted belong to OVD-Info; FACTUM relays their assessment and makes none of its own.
OVD-Info has been designated an «extremist» organisation in Russia — by decision of the Russian authorities, like other independent human rights and media projects.