Pavel Zlomnov
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
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Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 319 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Public insult of a government official
- Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism, or justification of terrorism
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
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, September 2, 2019
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, February 27, 2019
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, February 18, 2019
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Criminal case opened
Pavel Zlomnov's case of insulting a representative of the authorities
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
Pavel Zlomnov's case of justification of terrorism
Criminal case
Pavel Zlomnov's case of justification of terrorism
Pavel Zlomnov's case of insulting a representative of the authorities
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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.
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Full summary
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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
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