Alexey Lukyanov
- Criminal Code
- Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Cases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 4 years
- Date of verdict
- 2022-03-10
- Region
- Kaluga Oblast
- City
- Kaluga
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 25 April 2024
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Case 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.
Others charged under Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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