Pavel Gladkii
Pavel Gladkii, born 1988, Stavropol Krai. Charges: Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “Pavel Gladkii's case”. Sentence (October 29, 2024): 15 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since September 30, 2022; place of detention: Prison No. 2, Lipetsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, August 29, 2025.
In brief
Stavropol Krai · Stavropol · Engineers
Sentence
15 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld October 10, 2025
Charges
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
Full wording of the charges
The charge of high treason is related to the fact that Gladkii pasted up and distributed leaflets condemning the "special military operation" in mailboxes, the text of which he took from the telegram channel of the Freedom of Russia Legion.
Latest event
October 10, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, August 29, 2025
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 15 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Stavropol Territory
· Persecution begins
Pavel Gladkii's case
Criminal case
Pavel Gladkii's case
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Facility: Prison No. 2, Lipetsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
399783, ул. Пролетарская д. 1Б, Липецкая область, г. Елец, ФКУ «Тюрьма № 2 УФСИН по Липецкой области», Гладкий Павел Петрович, 1988 г.р.
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Full summary
A resident of Stavropol. On 22 September 2022, he was detained for pasting anti-war leaflets. In a letter from the pre-trial detention centre he noted that he was officially arrested only on September 30. What happened to him between these dates remains unknown. No information could be found indicating that he was subjected to administrative detention during this period. On 26 September 2022, an administrative case was filed in court for discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) due to the anti-war leaflets Gladkiy had pasted up. On 12 December 2022, he was fined 15 thousand rubles (US$ 186) for this case. On 30 September Gladkii was taken into custody on charges of high treason (in his letter he specifies that he took the text of the leaflets from the Telegram channel of the Freedom of Russia Legion) and preparing to commit a terrorist act (the details of this charge are unknown). On 29 October 2024, Gladkii was sentenced to 15 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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