Boris Ushakov
Boris Ushakov, born 1983, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 319, Russian Criminal Code (Public insult of a government official); “Ufa-based human rights defenders' case”. Status: imprisoned.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Ufa · Human rights defenders
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: pre-trial detention since December 30, 2025
Charges
- Article 319, Russian Criminal Code — Public insult of a government official
Full wording of the charges
According to the version of the investigation, "insulted an employee of the correction facility 9 (IK-9) during the performance of his duties".
Latest event
December 30, 2025 — preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Saratov Oblast
Timeline
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Saratov Oblast
· Persecution begins
Ufa-based human rights defenders' case
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Saratov Oblast
Criminal case
Ufa-based human rights defenders' case
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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
410012 г. Саратов ул. Кутякова д.105, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Саратовской области, Ушаков Борис Павлович, 1983 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Human rights defender, a former coordinator of the Gulagu.net project. Was a defendant in the rape case of a former investigator. He was acquitted in January 2022.
On 4 October 2024, Ushakov was detained at Ufa airport. According to his colleague Alexei Tishin, who is apparently on the same criminal case with him, Ushakov was handcuffed and taken to the Investigative Department of the IC. A case was opened against the human rights defender for insulting an employee of IK-9 in Bashkortostan. He connects it with the investigation of the history of torture and rape in this colony. According to Tishin, Ushakov's detention was led by the same investigator who had previously "closed the case on the allegation of torture and rape in FCU IK-9".
In autumn 2025, a new case was opened against Ushakov - on insult and threat of violence against a representative of the authorities. According to the investigation, he insulted and threatened a district police officer. On 30 December 2025, the human rights defender was taken into custody.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 319, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.