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Danila Vasiliev

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Danila Vasiliev, born 2001, Perm Krai. Charges: Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)); “The case of the mannequin with Putin's face”. Sentence (August 17, 2020): One year of deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of one year. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, September 17, 2020; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, September 17, 2020.

In brief

Perm Krai · Perm · Students

Sentence

1 year

One year of deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of one year

Verdict August 17, 2020

Upheld April 29, 2021

Charges

Full wording of the charges

tied a pre-prepared mannequin with transverse white and black stripes imitating the clothes of a prisoner, with the image of Vladimir Putin, as well as the inscriptions "liar" and "war criminal V.V. Pynya" to a power pole.

Latest event

November 5, 2021 — persecution ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Persecution ends

  2. · Cassation ruling

    upheld

  3. · Recognised as persecuted on political grounds

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  4. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 1 year

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

  6. · Persecution begins

    The case of the mannequin with Putin's face

Criminal case

The case of the mannequin with Putin's face

Other defendants in the case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Detained and interrogated in January 2019 after a search in a case of hooliganism over an action with the installation of an effigy of Putin wearing a prison robe with the inscriptions "Liar" and "War criminal V.V. Pynya". Released on his own recognisance.

On 18 August 2020, sentenced to one year suspended sentence with one year of probation.

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