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Alexandra Naumova (Dukhanina)

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Alexandra Naumova (Dukhanina), born 1993, Moscow. Charges: Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in mass riots); Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “A case of eight”. Sentence (February 23, 2014): three years three months' suspended prison sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, July 10, 2012.

In brief

Moscow · Moscow · Students · Cases related to mass actions

Sentence

3 years 3 months

three years three months' suspended prison sentence

Verdict February 23, 2014

Upheld June 19, 2014

Charges

Full wording of the charges

Participated in the mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, throwing pieces of asphalt and pouring kvass on police officers

Latest event

January 1, 2016 — persecution ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Persecution ends

  2. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 3 years 3 months

  4. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  5. · Preventive measure: house arrest

  6. · Persecution begins

    A case of eight

Criminal case

A case of eight

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Bolotnaya case; The case of the twelve

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Alexandra Dukhanina (after marriage, she took Naumova's surname) participated in the activities of the Occupy movement and in actions in defence of the Tsagovsky Forest. She was one of the first detainees in the Bolotnaya case. She was accused of participating in the mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012 and of using violence against riot police by throwing stones or pieces of asphalt and bottles at them. During the confrontation with the so-called victim Anton Sutormin it turned out that he did not receive any bodily injuries and did not experience any pain (he stated that the accused poured kvass on him, which he took as an insult). The indictment states that Dukhanina "threw stones and fragments of asphalt pavement, as well as an empty bottle at the police officers at least 8 times", although there is no evidence as to where this number of throws came from. There is also no unconditional evidence that it was Dukhanina who hit the so-called victims Anton Sutormin and Alexei Zelyanin (he does not consider himself a victim of any of the defendants at all). The prosecutors in the debate asked Naumova to be sentenced to six years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. The defence called for her acquittal. The Zamoskvoretsky court sentenced Naumova to three years and three months of suspended imprisonment with a probation period of three years. The Moscow City Court left the judgement unchanged. On 4 July 2016, Naumova's conviction and suspended sentence were expunged - six months earlier than her sentence should have been completed.

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Sources (1)

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