Born in 1977. Under house arrest (as of October 2013).

On 26 October 2012 Udaltsov was accused of preparing mass riots. The accusation was based on a recorded conversation. The recording was used in the «Anatomy of Protest-2» documentary. The Investigative Committee ruled to impose travel restrictions on Udaltsov.

The Moscow’s Basmannyi Court chaired by judge Karpov on 9 February 2013 satisfied the request of investigator Gabdullin and put Sergey Udaltsov under house arrest.

The Investigations Committee announced, on 10 January 2013, that the Bolotnaya Square case and the so-called “Anatomy of Protest” case will be united, as, according to the investigators, these crimes have been committed by the same group of people.

Born in 1963. Currently lives in Georgia.

The «Anatomy of Protest-2» documentary which was on on the Russian NTV television channel in October 2012 claimed that Targamadze, referred to by the NTV presenters as «architect of the Colour revolutions» allegedly was behind the actions of Sergey Udaltsov and other Russian opposition leaders and was planning to attempt to achieve a forceful change of political regime in Russia while acting through these people. Targamadze declared while commenting on this film that he felt compassion towards the Russian opposition. However he denied that he knew Udaltsov personally.

The Investigative Committee tried on 1 March 2013 to initiate international search for Targamadze via the Interpol. The Interpol, however, refused to warrant the arrest of Targamadze as it considered his persecution by the Russian authorities as politically motivated. This is mentioned in the letter from Secretary General of International Police Ronald Noble addressed to the President of Georgia Michael Saakashvili who had enquired about the status of Targamadze after a Russian court had arrested the Georgian parliamentary in absentia.

The District Court of Vilnus ruled that the refusal of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Lithuania to extradite Targamadze to the Russian Federation was legitimate. Its verdict mentioned that the persecution of Targamadze had political basis.

Born in 1990. Electrician. Criminal case dismissed under amnesty law.

Sobolev was detained in the Teatralnaya square on May 6th, which is proven by the court papers. He was arrested on June 10. He was accused of participating in mass riots (paragraph 2, article 212 of the Russian Criminal Code). He was facing up to eight years in prison. On August 9 he was released under travel restrictions. He has not been cleared of charges.

Born in 1979. Sentenced to 2 years and 7 months in prison.

The 6 May 2012 rally was the first one ever for Artem Savelov. He happened to be at the place where the police cordon was broken. He was detained, according to the police report, for shouting out such slogans as “Down with the police state!” and others. According to his friends and people who have met him Savelov stutters severely and is unable to pronounce a phrase that long.

Savelov was arrested on June 9, 2012. He is accused of participating in mass riots (paragraph 2, article 212 of the Russian Criminal Code) and of allegedly using force against a representative of authority (paragraph 1, article 318 of the Russian Criminal Code). He is facing up to thirteen years in prison. He was accused of grasping a policeman by the arm and trying to pull him into the aggressive crowd. The lawyer Farid Murtazin claims that Savelov suffers from some heart problems and that he needs a medical consultation which is impossible under prison conditions. Artem Savelov’s father offered to put 540 000 roubles as bail.

Born in 1977. Deputy Director of the Novotalitsk Enterprise of Social Services. Leader of the «Left Front» movement in the city of Ivanovo. Assistant to the Representative of State Duma Ilya Ponomarev. Criminal case dismissed under amnesty law on December 13, 2013.

Rukavishnikov was charged according to Part 2 of Article 212 of the Russian Criminal Code. Rukavishnikov was accused of taking part in the mass riots, among other things of pushing over a chemical toilet unit in order to use it as a barricade.

Born in 1973. Businessman, former President of the Retail and Service Workers’ Union. Razvozzhaev is married with two children aged 8 and 16 and supports his old mother. Under arrest (as of October 2013).

Razvozzhaev has been a political activist since 1998. He is a member of the ‘Left Front’ political movement and Assistant to the Representative of the State Duma Ponomarev. On October 21, 2012 Razvozzhaev was elected a member of the Coordinating Committee of the Opposition. Leonid Razvozzhaev was called in for interrogation following the Oct. 5, 2012 screening of «The Anatomy of Protests» documentary. He went to the Ukraine in order to apply for political asylum at the Kiev office of the UN Human Rights Commission, but on Oct. 19 was kidnapped right near the UNHCR office and transported back to Russia. After two days of torture and threats to him and his family he signed the confession that his kidnappers wanted him to sign. He officially renounced this confession in court a few days later on Oct. 25. Razvozzhaev was charged with the organization and preparation of riots, including the May 6 demonstration in the Bolotnaya Square, and was jailed.

Born in 1990. Student and employee of an insurance company, also former marine. Sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison.

Polikhovich was arrested on July 26, 2012. He was accused of participating in mass riots (paragraph 2, article 212 of the Russian Criminal Code) and of using force against a representative of authority (paragraph 1, article 318). He is facing up to thirteen years in prison. Polikhovich was accused of trying to pull a detained person from the hands of the Special Unit policemen and of hitting one of them on the hand while struggling with him. He was initially accused only of participating in mass riots, but the policeman who had not initially provided such information remembered and testified in December 2012 that Aleksey Polikhovich had hit him.

Born in 1971, graduate of the Moscow State University of Graphic Arts, was working as the deputy director of the Mediacentre-ART Publishers. Margolin is married, with two daughters. Under arrest (as of October 2013).

Margolin was arrested on February 21, 2013. He was accused of violating paragraph 1 of article 318 of the Russian Criminal Code and paragraph 2 of article 212 of the Russian Criminal Code. He had been taking part in the protest events in Russia starting from December 2011 (when he was arrested after the rally at Chistiye Prudy (Dec 5) and sentenced to 10 days in detention). He was not detained after the notorious May 6 rally in the Bolotnaya Square, but was arrested later. The investigators claim to hold video records which show Margolin trying to knock down a police task force officer. That said, no video records confirming this have been provided.

Born in 1992. Student, former marine infantry. Sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison.

Lutskevich was beaten by the Special Unit policemen during the 6th May demonstration, for which there is photographic evidence. He was arrested on June 9 and has been kept in the No5 pre-trial detention prison. Lutskevich has been accused of participating in mass riots (paragraph 2, article 212 of the Russian Criminal Code) and of using force against a representative of authority (paragraph 1, article 318 of the Russian Criminal Code). He is facing up to thirteen years in prison. He was accused of pooling a helmet off a Special Unit policeman’s head, as well as throwing pieces of asphalt at the the policemen. The accusation is based on the testimony provided by the injured party, Troerin.

Denis Lutskevich’s lawyer Dmitry Dinze presented numerous positive character references at the court, for example, from Lutskevich’s work, university and neighbours. Denis’s mother offered to put up her apartment (worth over 4 000 000 roubles (around 120000 euros)) as bail.

Born in 1976, businessman. Sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in jail.

Luzyanin was arrested on May 28th and is kept at the No1 pretrial detention prison. He was accused of participating in the mass riots (paragraph 2, article 212 of the Russian Criminal Code) and of allegedly using force against a representative of authority (paragraph 1, article 318 of the Russian Criminal Code). He is also accused of causing injuries to Special Unit policemen, the most severe of which was, apparently, tooth enamel damage. Luzyanin pleaded guilty of all the charges and agreed to a special court procedure that allows to not prove guilt. The verdict was returned the same day, November 9.