Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Pavlov, born 1971, Moscow. Charges: Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being…); “Ivan Pavlov's case on failure to fulfil the duties of a "foreign agent"”, opened on January 1, 2024. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow, Saint Petersburg · Moscow, Saint Petersburg · Defence attorneys, Lawyers · Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: arrest in absentia since January 22, 2026
Charges
- Article 310, Russian Criminal Code — Disclosure of pre-trial investigation data.
- Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being persecuted for an administrative offence
- Article 283 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Disclosure of state secrets
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in 2020 "jointly and in coordination" with the lawyer Evgeny Smirnov, Pavlov shared with a linguistics specialist materials of the case of his client Karina Tsurkan, who is accused of high treason.
Latest event
August 23, 2024 — preventive measure: arrest in absentia
Timeline
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Criminal case opened
Ivan Pavlov's case on failure to fulfil the duties of a "foreign agent"
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
· Persecution begins
Ivan Pavlov’s case of disclosing the secrets of investigation
Criminal case
Ivan Pavlov’s case of disclosing the secrets of investigation
Ivan Pavlov's case on failure to fulfil the duties of a "foreign agent"
Details and sources
Full summary
Lawyer, former head of the informal association of lawyers and journalists "Team 29" and the human rights project "First Department". On April 30, 2021, Pavlov was detained for disclosure of investigative data in connection with the case of his client, journalist Ivan Safronov, who was accused of treason. Thus, Pavlov was deprived of the opportunity to defend Safronov. The lawyer left Russia. In July 2024, it became known that a case of evasion of duties of a "foreign agent" was also brought against Pavlov. He was included in the register in November 2021. Pavlov was arrested in absentia, but in October 2024 the court of appeal cancelled this decision. In November 2025, it was reported that Pavlov was charged with disclosure of state secrets in connection with the case of his client, former Inter RAO top manager Karina Tsurkan, who was also charged with treason. What led to initiating the new case, according to Pavlov, was that he and the other suspect in the case, lawyer Evgeny Smirnov, handed Tsurkan's case file over to a linguist. Pavlov claims that there were no state secrets in these materials. "Moreover, even in Tsurkan's sentence it is stated that only the information that does not constitute state secrets was handed over to the specialist," Pavlov notes.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 3
Other people prosecuted under Article 283 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.