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Alexei Gaskarov

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Alexei Gaskarov, born 1985, Moscow. Charges: Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in mass riots); Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “The case of the Four”, opened on April 28, 2013. Sentence (August 17, 2014): Three years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 29, 2015; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, April 21, 2015.

In brief

Moscow · Moscow · Politicians · Cases related to mass actions

Sentence

3 years 6 months

Three years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony

Verdict August 17, 2014

Upheld November 26, 2014

Charges

Full wording of the charges

Participated in mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, used violence against police officers

Latest event

October 27, 2016 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Persecution ends

  3. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  4. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  5. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  6. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months

Criminal case

The case of the Four

Case number
01-0032/2017(01-0543/2016)

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: The case of the five; Bolotnaya case

The Khimki case

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Aleksey Gaskarov is an anti-fascist, anarchist and a member of the Coordination Council of the Opposition. On 3 August 2010, he was arrested in a case on the attack on the building of administration of the city of Khimki outside Moscow on 28 July. On 15 October 2010, the arrest decision was cancelled. On 24 June 2011, he was acquitted by the Khimki City Court.

During the dispersal of the action on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, Gaskarov was severely beaten, in connection with which he filed a complaint about the riot police exceeding their official powers with the use of violence and special means. On 28 April 2013, he was detained and arrested a day later on charges of leading a group of persons who took an active part in the mass riots that allegedly took place on Bolotnaya Square and of using violence against a representative of the authorities. Later, Gaskarov was accused of using violence against another representative of the authorities: according to the investigation, Gaskarov pulled a certain officer of internal troops by the shoulder, and riot police officer Igor Ibatulin - by the leg. The final version of the charges also states that he took part in the mass riots on Bolotnaya Square. On 18 August 2014, the court sentenced Alexei Gaskarov to three and a half years in a general regime penal colony. On 27 October 2016, he was released from prison.

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Citizenship
Russia
Persecution episodes
2
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