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Victoria Kutilova

Location unknownChecked October 18, 2026

Victoria Kutilova, born 1992, Irkutsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in extremist community activities); “The case of Anti Pytki project”. Status: location unknown. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 30, 2025.

In brief

Irkutsk Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast · Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk · Teachers · Extremism cases

Sentence

No information about a verdict.

Charges

Latest event

April 30, 2025 — recognised as a political prisoner

Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

  2. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  3. · Persecution begins

    The case of Anti Pytki project

Criminal case

The case of Anti Pytki project

Other defendants in the case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A resident of Usolya-Sibirskiy (Irkutsk region), a kindergarten teacher. In June 2024, at the latest, Federal Security Service Directorate of the Sverdlovsk region carried out investigative and search activities in connection with Kutilova's alleged involvement in the activities of the Anti-Pytki project, which talks about violations of prisoners' rights and publishes data of convicts who cooperate with prison guards. On 30 October 2024, she was detained as part of the extremist community case.

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