Pavel Ivanov
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against "foreign agents"
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 1 September 2025
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Case summary
Former sales director of the liquidated Individuum Print Ltd, a company associated with the Individuum publishing house. On 14 May 2025, he was detained as part of a case on the activities of an extremist organisation in connection with the distribution of books that contain LGBTQ+ propaganda, including A Summer in the Red Scarf. The next day Ivanov was placed under house arrest.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
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Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
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