Wished to remain anonymous
Wished to remain anonymous, born 1995, Orenburg Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in 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 · Extremism cases
Sentence
6 years 3 months
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
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the version of the investigation, "carried out videotaping of events".
Latest event
June 29, 2026 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 6 years 3 months.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, April 22, 2024
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 3 months
· 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
Criminal case
The case of the Pose Club
- Case number
- 1-306/2025
Other defendants in the case
- Alexander Klimov — Under house arrest
- Wished to remain anonymous — Imprisoned
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Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Orenburg, administrator of the club Pose. In early March 2024, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and OMON conducted a raid in the club, the video of which was posted by members of the pro-government movement "Russian Community of Orenburg". Visitors to the club were humiliated in the video and asked what they were doing in a "fag club". Also "Russian Community" stated that 20 people were forced to write statements about "illegal activities" of the institution. The administrator was detained and released from the police department only in the middle of the next day, forbidden to leave Orenburg. On 18 March she was summoned to an investigator, after which she was detained and taken into custody on 20 March on charges of organising the activities of an extremist organisation, "an international LGBT social movement". It is alleged that she "videotaped the events".
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.