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Ivan Vorobyevsky

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Ivan Vorobyevsky, born 1996, Moscow. Charges: Article 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Vandalism committed by a group of people, or motivated by hatred or animosity); “The "federal booth" case”. Sentence (May 10, 2021): one year nine months of restricted liberty. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, May 10, 2021.

In brief

Moscow · Moscow · Students

Sentence

one year nine months of restricted liberty

Verdict May 10, 2021

Upheld August 31, 2021

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, he prepared hygienic pads, four paper posters and red markers to commit the crime; on the night of 8 August 2020, he arrived at the building of the Lyublino District Court and proceeded to the metal fence enclosing the building; after that, "being ... in a public place in front of the building of the Lyublino District Court of Moscow, .... grossly violating public order, wishing to contrast his unlawful behaviour with the norms of public morality and aesthetics, expressing clear disrespect for society, cynically disregarding the rules of conduct in public places, with the aim of desecrating the above-mentioned building, placed opposite the gate on the metal fence enclosing the above-mentioned building ... ... prepared hygienic pads and four paper posters containing obscene, indecent and offensive inscriptions addressed to the Lyublino District Court of Moscow as a single federal centralised system of bodies administering justice on behalf of the Russian Federation, thereby disfiguring and desecrating the appearance of the said building, after which he fled the scene"; then arrived at the building of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation in the centre of Moscow, after which he approached the checkpoint to the Prosecutor General's Office,He "placed to the right of the entrance door, under the sign "Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation", pre-prepared sanitary pads and an AZ-size paper poster containing obscene, indecent and insulting inscriptions against the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, and poured some red dye from a pre-prepared bottle on the right wall of the building, disfiguring the appearance of the building, thus, by joint actions, desecrating and defacing it, causing the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation to be defaced and destroyed.

Latest event

January 1, 2022 — persecution ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Persecution ends

  2. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict

  4. · Recognised as persecuted on political grounds

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  5. · Persecution begins

    The "federal booth" case

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

    TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow

Criminal case

The "federal booth" case

Case number
01-0002/369/2021

Other defendants in the case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Was detained on 9 August 2020, the next day the court chose a preventive measure against him in the form of prohibition of certain actions. On 11 May 2021, he was sentenced to one year and nine months of restriction of freedom.

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Citizenship
Russia
Sources (1)

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