Ivan Trofimov
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Navalny/ACF supporters
- Verdict
- Sentence unknown
- Date of verdict
- 2024-03-13
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
- Address for letters
- 125130, г. Москва, ул. Выборгская, д. 20, ФКУ СИЗО-5 ГУФСИН России по г. Москве ("Водник"), Трофимов Иван Вячеславович, 2001 г.р.
Case summary
A student of the Department of Contemporary Art at the Higher School of Economics, School of Design. On 27 July 2023, he was detained and sent under house arrest as part of a case of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. TV propagandist Vladimir Solovev claimed that Trofimov and his fellow student Alina Olekhnovich were activists in Navalny's "underground headquarters" and were "helping the Anti-Corruption Foundation". In August 2023, the decision to place Trofimov under house arrest was overturned and he was taken into custody. Later it became known that the charge was reclassified from participation in the activities of an extremist organisation to participation in the activities of an extremist community. On 14 March 2024, Trofimov was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime penal colony. In December 2025, he was allegedly released from prison.
Others charged under Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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