Yuri Zhdanov
- Criminal Code
- Article 159 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 3 years
- Date of verdict
- 2021-12-19
- Region
- Nenets Autonomous Okrug
- City
- Naryan-Mar
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial Human Rights Centre, 24 March 2022
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Case summary
Yuri Zhdanov, a resident of the Rostov Oblast, is the father of Ivan Zhdanov, director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 26 March 2021, Yuri Zhdanov was detained in a case of abuse of power. The next day the court placed him in custody. In May, the charge was changed to fraud and official forgery. On 20 December 2021, Zhdanov was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence. On 29 December, he was detained, accused of violating his recognisance bond, and was again sent to custody. On 17 February 2022, the appeal court replaced the suspended sentence with imprisonment.
In September 2023, it became known that Zhdanov was sentenced to three years of administrative supervision after his release.
Zhdanov was released on 1 November 2023.
Others charged under Article 159 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
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