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Ivan Punegov

Being clarifiedChecked October 18, 2026

Ivan Punegov is listed as imprisoned, but other details in the same record do not agree:

  • the end of imprisonment is recorded as November 8, 2021.

Ivan Punegov, born 1981, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “The case of 21 April in St. Petersburg”. Sentence (August 18, 2021): 1 year's imprisonment in an open jail.

In brief

Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Manual workers · Cases related to mass actions

Sentence

1 year's imprisonment in an open jail

Verdict August 18, 2021

Upheld October 19, 2021

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to investigators, at the action on 21 April, he "with both hands encircled and squeezed the neck" of a policeman"

Latest event

October 19, 2021 — appeal

The court upheld the verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  2. · First-instance verdict

  3. · Persecution begins

    The case of 21 April in St. Petersburg

  4. · Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility

Criminal case

The case of 21 April in St. Petersburg

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: Palace case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A native of the Komi Republic, he worked in St. Petersburg as a trucker. A case was opened against him for the use of violence at the 21 April 2021 rally in support of Alexei Navalny. Acquaintances claim that Punegov tried to free the girl, who was seized by law enforcers. He was taken into custody. On 18 August 2021, Punegov was sentenced to a year in a penal colony. On 8 November he was released.

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