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Kirill Ukraintsev

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Kirill Ukraintsev, born 1990, Moscow. Charges: Article 212.1, Russian Criminal Code (Repeated violation of the order of organizing assemblies, rallies, demonstrations, marches and…); “Kirill Ukraintsev's case”. Sentence (February 9, 2023): Sentenced to 1 year and 4 months in an open prison. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 9, 2022.

In brief

Moscow · Moscow · Cases related to mass actions

Sentence

1 year 4 months

Sentenced to 1 year and 4 months in an open prison

Verdict February 9, 2023

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

Published a YouTube video on 8 July 2020 calling for a couriers' strike the next day; published an Instagram post on 12 October 2020 calling for a protest the next day at Moscow's Golovinsky District Court, where a hearing of the case of a broken window in the United Russia office was held (one of the defendants was anarchist and mathematician Azat Miftakhov); published a post in VKontakte on 30 October 2020 calling for participation in a couriers' protest rally; published a post in Telegram on 12 October 2021 calling for participation in a protest of the drivers of the Yandex.Taxi service in Sergiev Posad (Moscow Region), which took place on 15 October.

Latest event

February 9, 2023 — first-instance verdict

The court delivered a guilty verdict: 1 year 4 months.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 1 year 4 months

  2. · Persecution ends

  3. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

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

  5. · Persecution begins

    Kirill Ukraintsev's case

Criminal case

Kirill Ukraintsev's case

Case number
1-73/2023

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

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

On the evening of 25 April 2022, Ukraintsev's home was searched. By that time a courier strike had been being held for several days, and on 25 April about thirty protesters went to the Delivery Club office, protesting against the lowering of wages per order. More than ten people were detained. At night Ukraintsev was taken for interrogation, on 26 April it became known that he was charged with repeated violation of the established procedure of holding public events. On 27 April the court placed him in custody. On 9 February 2023, he was sentenced to a year and four months in an open prison, and was released in the courtroom due to already serving his sentence.

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