Aleksei Liptser
Aleksei Liptser, born 1986, Vladimir Oblast. Charges: Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in an extremist community); “The case of Igor Sergunin, Vadim Kobzev and Aleksei Liptser”. Sentence (January 17, 2025): 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony, prohibition to provide legal services for 3 years. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since September 22, 2025; place of detention: Penal colony No. 35, Khakassia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, November 1, 2023.
In brief
Vladimir Oblast · Defence attorneys, Lawyers · Extremism cases, Cases against Navalny/ACF supporters
Sentence
5 years
imprisonment in a general regime colony, prohibition to provide legal services for 3 years
Upheld September 22, 2025
Charges
- Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in an extremist community
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, "using his status in providing legal assistance for access to the correctional facility, he ensured the regular transfer of information between the leaders, participants of the extremist community and Navalny A.A., who thus continued to perform the functions of the head of the extremist community in planning, preparing, creating conditions and committing extremist offences".
Latest event
September 22, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, November 1, 2023
FACTUM stories
October 15, 2026
Three Years Since Navalny’s Lawyers Were Arrested: How Legal Defense Became a Criminal Case
Three years after the arrests of Alexei Navalny’s defense lawyers, Vadim Kobzev and Aleksei Liptser remain in prison, while Igor Sergunin has completed his sentence. The proceedings raise serious questions about legal privilege and the independence of the defense.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
The case of Igor Sergunin, Vadim Kobzev and Aleksei Liptser
Criminal case
The case of Igor Sergunin, Vadim Kobzev and Aleksei Liptser
- Case number
- 1-190/2024
Other defendants in the case
- Vadim Kobzev — Imprisoned, 5 years 6 months
- Igor Sergunin — At large, 3 years 6 months
Thematic group: The case of the extremist community led by Navalny; The case of Navalny's lawyers of participation in an extremist community
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 35, Khakassia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
655017, Республика Хакасия, г. Абакан, кв. Молодёжный, 11, ФКУ «ИК № 35 УФСИН России по Республике Хакасия», Липцер Алексей Евгеньевич, 1986 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A lawyer who represented the interests of those prosecuted in political cases, in particular Alexei Navalny. On 13 October 2023, searches took place at his home and in the office of the Dalet Bar Association. On the same day, Liptser was taken into custody in the case of participation in the activities of an extremist community.
He has vascular problems, which he has reported in letters.
On 17 January 2025, Liptser was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.