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Boris Zolotarevskii

Not in RussiaChecked October 18, 2026

Boris Zolotarevskii, born 1997, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)); “The case of hooliganism at the protest "He is not our Tsar" on May 5, 2018”, opened on May 29, 2018. Status: not in Russia.

In brief

Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Office workers · Cases against "foreign agents", Cases related to mass actions

Sentence

No information about a verdict.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, he injured an employee of a private security company at the entrance to the village of Tomino in the Sosnovsky district of the Chelyabinsk region.

Latest event

November 7, 2025 — added to the register of “foreign agents”

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Added to the register of “foreign agents”

  2. · Persecution ends

  3. · Persecution ends

  4. · Criminal case opened

    The case of hooliganism at the protest "He is not our Tsar" on May 5, 2018

  5. · Persecution begins

    Boris Zolotarevskii's case of infliction of bodily harm on a private security officer

Criminal case

Boris Zolotarevskii's case of infliction of bodily harm on a private security officer

Case number
1-2/2019

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

The case of hooliganism at the protest "He is not our Tsar" on May 5, 2018

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: The case of 5 May 2018

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Resident of Chelyabinsk and former coordinator of Alexei Navalny's local headquarters.

On 29 May 2018, Zolotarevskii was subjected to a search, during which Jehovah's Witnesses literature was found in his possession. At the time, he was being held in a detention center, serving a sentence related to the 'He Is Not Our Tsar' protest. On 30 May, he was detained as he was leaving the detention centre. The detention was carried out with the involvement of officers from the Centre for Combating Extremism, the military recruitment officers and the head of the detention centre. He was searched again, after which it became known that he was a suspect in a criminal case under paragraph "b" of part 1 of article 213 of the Criminal Code (hooliganism committed on the grounds of political hatred) in connection with the 'He Is Not Our Tsar' protest on 5 May. On 29 August 2019, the prosecution against Zolotarevsky was terminated.

In January 2019, it became known that Zolotarevskii is a suspect in another case - intentional infliction of harm to health in connection with a conflict between activists of Navalny's headquarters and private security company officers of the Russian Copper Company, which occurred in June 2018 between the M-36 motorway and the village of Tomino in the Chelyabinsk region. The coordinator, together with volunteers from the headquarters, wanted to record a video message for the residents of Chelyabinsk. Presumably, the video was intended to adress the construction of a mining and processing plant, which the activists opposed. According to Zolotarevskii, the guards encircled the activists, started pushing and using physical force, preventing them from taking photos and videos. According to him, one of the men jumped towards him and then "dramatically fell", claiming that it was Zolotarevskii who threw him to the ground. Later, the private security company officer claimed that the activist had injured his leg. The court acquitted Zolotarevskii in this case.

All fields of the record
Citizenship
Russia
Persecution episodes
2

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