Wished to remain anonymous
Wished to remain anonymous, born 1988, Orenburg Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of the Pose Club”. Sentenced on June 29, 2026. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 22, 2024.
In brief
Orenburg Oblast · Orenburg · Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases
Sentence
Imprisonment (general regime)
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Latest event
June 29, 2026 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, April 22, 2024
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of the Pose Club
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of the Pose Club
- Case number
- 1-306/2025
Other defendants in the case
- Wished to remain anonymous — Imprisoned, 6 years 3 months
- Alexander Klimov — Under house arrest
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Details and sources
Full summary
The owner of the Pose bar in Orenburg. In early March 2024, the Interior Ministry and OMON conducted a raid in the bar, the video of which was posted by members of the pro-government movement "Russian Community of Orenburg". Visitors in the video were humiliated and asked what they were doing in a "fag club". The "Russian Community" also said that 20 people were forced to write statements about the "illegal activities" of the establishment. On Mar 28, 2024, the owner of the bar was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. On Mar 31, he was taken into custody on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- pre-trial detention
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.