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Pavel Zlomnov

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Pavel Zlomnov, born 1982, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 319 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Public insult of a government official); “Pavel Zlomnov's case of insulting a representative of the authorities”, opened on February 27, 2019. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 2, 2019; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 27, 2019.

In brief

Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Drivers · Terrorism cases

Sentence

No information about a verdict.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, he read poems to his cellmates about the anarchist Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who blew himself up in the building of the Arkhangelsk region's FSB office

Latest event

October 20, 2026 — case status changed

Became known October 20, 2026 · checked October 18, 2026

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  2. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

  3. · Preventive measure: house arrest

  4. · Criminal case opened

    Pavel Zlomnov's case of insulting a representative of the authorities

  5. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  6. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

Criminal case

Pavel Zlomnov's case of justification of terrorism

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Pavel Zlomnov's case of insulting a representative of the authorities

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

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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

188508, г. Санкт-Петербург, Ломоносовский р-н, пос. Горелово, ул. Заречная, д. 22, ФКУ СИЗО-6 ГУФСИН России по г. Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области ("Горелово"), Зломнов Павел Андреевич, 1982 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

On January 30, 2019, the day when Pavel Zlomnov was released from pre-trial detention center on recognisance not to leave due to the expiration of the term of detention in the case of illegal possession of weapons, he was re-detained by Federal Security Service (FSB) officers. A case of justification of terrorism was initiated due to the fact that earlier Zlomnov read poems to his cellmates about anarchist Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who blew himself up in the building of the Federal Security Service's Directorate of the Arkhangelsk region. The court chose a measure of restriction in the form of detention. In February, it became known that a new case has been brought against Zlomnov - insulting an employee of the Federal Penitentiary Service's Department. In April he was placed under house arrest. On September 2, it became known that Zlomnov disappeared. He was put on the wanted list.

In the case of weapons possession, Zlomnov was detained on January 31, 2018. Later he said that he and another detainee, Roman Grozdov, were tortured by officers of the Department of Federal Security Service, demanding confessions. On February 2, the court sent Zlomnov into custody. On January 24, 2019, a criminal case was opened against Pavel Zlomnov's brother and lawyer, Mikhail, for insulting Federal Security Service investigator Daniil Sablin during investigative actions against Pavel in August 2018.

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