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Pyotr Lyubchenkov

Not in RussiaChecked October 18, 2026

Pyotr Lyubchenkov, born 1975, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 280.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for separatism); “The case of Pyotr Lyubchenkov”. Status: not in Russia.

In brief

Krasnodar Krai · Krasnodar · Psychologists

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Published on the 'VKontakte' social network an image featuring the map of Kuban, a girl in a national costume with the Ukrainian flag, and a caption stating that Ukrainians of Kuban want their region to join Ukraine.

Latest event

November 24, 2023 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list

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

  3. · Persecution begins

    The case of Pyotr Lyubchenkov

Criminal case

The case of Pyotr Lyubchenkov

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Full summary

According to OVD-Info

While on the territory of Ukraine, he assisted in administering the "Federalisation of Kuban" group on the VKontakte social network. A case on calls to violate territorial integrity was opened for reposting a picture showing a map of Kuban, a girl in a national costume with the Ukrainian flag and a caption stating that Ukrainians of Kuban want their region to join Ukraine. He was declared wanted, and an extradition request was filed. In January 2017, he was grantef political asylum from the Ukrainian authorities. On November 24, 2023, Lyubchenkov was removed from the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring (The Federal Financial Monitoring Service of the Russian Federation).

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