Alexey Lukyanov
Alexey Lukyanov, Kaluga Oblast. Charges: Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “The case of five people who used violence against police officers during a protest in Kaluga on 23 January 2021”. Sentence (March 10, 2022): 4 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 25, 2024.
In brief
Kaluga Oblast · Kaluga · Lawyers · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
4 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld September 28, 2022
Charges
- Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he used violence against representatives of the authorities at the rally on 23 January
Latest event
March 20, 2025 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, April 25, 2024
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of five people who used violence against police officers during a protest in Kaluga on 23 January 2021
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of five people who used violence against police officers during a protest in Kaluga on 23 January 2021
- Case number
- 1-151/2021
Other defendants in the case
- Artem Zhukov — At large, 4 years
- Vladislav Lagutkin — At large, 4 years
- Sergey Lukashin — At large, 4 years
- Maxim Semyonov — At large, 4 years
Thematic group: Palace case; The case of January 23rd in Kaluga
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on 23 January 2021 on the day of a rally in support of Alexei Navalny, arrested for 11 days. On 28 January it became known that Lukyanov was charged with using violence against representatives of the authorities, the court decided to take him into custody. In spring Lukyanov was transferred to house arrest, in January 2022 was released on his own recognisance. On 10 March he was sentenced to four years in a general regime penal colony. Presumably, he was released on 20 March 2025.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.