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Anastasia Rybachenko

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Anastasia Rybachenko, born 1991, Moscow. Charges: Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in mass riots); “The case of Anastasia Rybachenko”. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, July 10, 2012.

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Moscow · Moscow · Students · Cases related to mass actions

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Participated in the Bolotnaya Square mass riots on 6 May 2012

Latest event

January 9, 2014 — persecution ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Persecution ends

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

  3. · Recognised as persecuted on political grounds

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  4. · Persecution begins

    The case of Anastasia Rybachenko

Criminal case

The case of Anastasia Rybachenko

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Thematic group: Bolotnaya case

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Activist of the Solidarity Movement (at the time of the rally). In May 2012, after the events at Bolotnaya Square, she was subjected to administrative arrest, then immediately left Russia. In July 2012, her parents' flat was searched; in September 2012, she was put on a federal wanted list; in December 2012, Rybachenko was charged in absentia and ordered to sign a recognisance not to leave; in October 2013, she was arrested in absentia by a court. She was amnestied in January 2014. She received political asylum in Estonia.

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