Pavel Kushnir
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism cases
- Region
- Jewish Autonomous Oblast
- City
- Birobidzhan
Case summary
A pianist who lived in Tambov, Kursk, Kurgan, and Birobidzhan. He ran a YouTube channel where, starting in November 2022, he published four videos in which he critiqued the Russian government and the war in poetic form. According to a Wikipedia article, his channel, created in 2011, had only five subscribers throughout its existence. One of his videos led to a case being opened for incitement to terrorism. Kushnir was taken into custody in May 2024. On July 27, the pianist died in a pre-trial detention centre after a dry hunger strike.
Others charged under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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