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Evgeny Voluzhev

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Evgeny Voluzhev, born 1984, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Evgeny Voluzhev”. Sentence (August 9, 2011): fine: 'one hundred thousand rubles (~10USD), released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations on… Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, July 10, 2012.

In brief

Khabarovsk Krai · Khabarovsk · Extremism cases

Sentence

fine: 'one hundred thousand rubles (~10USD), released from punishment due to the expiry of the statute of limitations on criminal liability'.

Verdict August 9, 2011

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

posted opposition leaflets "at an unspecified time, in an unspecified place".

Latest event

July 10, 2012 — recognised as persecuted on political grounds

Memorial Human Rights Centre

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Recognised as persecuted on political grounds

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  2. · Persecution ends

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict, released from serving the sentence

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

  5. · Persecution begins

    The case of Evgeny Voluzhev

Criminal case

The case of Evgeny Voluzhev

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

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

On October 7, 2008, a search was carried out at the Khabarovsk National Bolshevik Evgeniy Voluzhev, during which one copy of the newspaper of different issues “Friend of the People”, a system unit and CDs were confiscated, a copy of the seizure protocol was not given; Voluzhev subsequently filed a complaint against an illegal search, but the court refused to consider it; On October 28, employees of the Organized Crime Control Department, who refused to identify themselves, detained Voluzhev as he left his lawyer’s office and took him to the Organized Crime Control Department, where he was forcibly photographed, searched and interrogated, all SMS messages and numbers from his mobile phone were copied; he was asked to voluntarily sign a cooperation agreement, after refusing, the Organized Crime Control Department officers began to threaten him; On May 14, 2009, officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB came to Voluzhev’s apartment: it turned out that a criminal case had been opened against him under Article 282.2 (“Participation in the activities of an extremist organization”); Limonov's brochures "To My Supporters", letters from his comrades-in-arms from the pre-trial detention center, as well as 5 "Other Russia" stickers were confiscated; almost all office equipment, a system unit, 15 hard drives, 5 printers, CDs and other property were confiscated again; Voluzhev was given a recognizance not to leave; On June 2, 2009, Voluzhev was charged under Part 2 of Art. 282.2 CC; the basis for initiating a criminal case, based on the case materials, is the posting of opposition leaflets “at a time not established by the investigation, in a place not established by the investigation”; in early July, the National Bolsheviks of Komsomolsk-on-Amur Anton Lukin, Dmitry Voron and Alexander Voron were interrogated about Voluzhev by Khabarovsk security officers; the oppositionists, in particular, were asked: “Could you imagine that Voluzhev is a National Bolshevik?”; All of Evgeniy Voluzhev’s acquaintances were interrogated, whose contacts Evgeniy kept in the phone seized from him by the Organized Crime Control Department; On August 11, 2011, he was sentenced to a fine of 100 thousand rubles, but was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations

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