Igor Sergunin
Igor Sergunin, born 1978, Vladimir Oblast. Charges: Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in an extremist community); “The case of Igor Sergunin, Vadim Kobzev and Aleksei Liptser”. Sentence (January 17, 2025): 3 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, ban on rendering legal services for 3 years. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, November 1, 2023.
In brief
Vladimir Oblast · Defence attorneys, Lawyers · Extremism cases, Cases against Navalny/ACF supporters
Sentence
3 years 6 months
deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, ban on rendering legal services for 3 years
Upheld September 22, 2025
Charges
- Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in an extremist community
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, "using his status in providing legal assistance for access to the correctional facility, he ensured the regular transfer of information between the leaders, participants of the extremist association and Navalny A.A., who thus continued to perform the functions of the leader and head of the extremist association in planning, preparing, creating conditions and committing extremist offences".
Latest event
April 23, 2026 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, November 1, 2023
FACTUM stories
October 15, 2026
Three Years Since Navalny’s Lawyers Were Arrested: How Legal Defense Became a Criminal Case
Three years after the arrests of Alexei Navalny’s defense lawyers, Vadim Kobzev and Aleksei Liptser remain in prison, while Igor Sergunin has completed his sentence. The proceedings raise serious questions about legal privilege and the independence of the defense.
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
The case of Igor Sergunin, Vadim Kobzev and Aleksei Liptser
Criminal case
The case of Igor Sergunin, Vadim Kobzev and Aleksei Liptser
- Case number
- 1-190/2024
Other defendants in the case
- Vadim Kobzev — Imprisoned, 5 years 6 months
- Aleksei Liptser — Imprisoned, 5 years
Thematic group: The case of the extremist community led by Navalny; The case of Navalny's lawyers of participation in an extremist community
Details and sources
Full summary
A lawyer who represented the interests of Alexei Navalny. On 13 October 2023, searches took place at his home and in the office of the Dalet Bar Association. On the same day, Sergunin was taken into custody as part of a case of participation in the activities of an extremist community. On 17 January 2025, Sergunin was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony. On 23 April 2026, he was released.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.