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Sergey Polovets

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Sergey Polovets, born 1978, Moscow. Charges: Article 296 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Threats to the life of participants in legal proceedings and their close relatives); “Sergei Polovets case on threats to judge Alexei Krivoruchko”. Status: at large.

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Moscow · Moscow · Cases related to mass actions

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Posted a tweet about Pavel Ustinov's sentence - three and a half years in a penal colony over the 3 August 2019 rally - handed down by Moscow Tverskoy Court Judge Alexei Krivoruchko, which contained an aggressive comment.

Latest event

December 24, 2019 — persecution ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Persecution ends

  2. · Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)

  3. · Persecution begins

    Sergei Polovets case on threats to judge Alexei Krivoruchko

Criminal case

Sergei Polovets case on threats to judge Alexei Krivoruchko

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Thematic group: Moscow case; The case of threats against judge Aleksei Krivoruchko

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Detained on 12 November 2019 on charges of threatening a judge. He pleaded guilty, testified against Yevgeniy Erzunov, who, according to him, is the author of the threatening comment, which Polovets reposted. On 13 November he was released on his own recognisance not to leave.

On 24 December the Investigative Committee stopped the prosecution of Polovets.

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