Maxim Luzyanin

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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.

Konstantin Lebedev

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Born on June 25, 1979, activist of the Russian Socialist Movement. Sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison.

Lebedev was called in for interrogation following the Oct. 5, 2012 projection of a documentary called «The Anatomy of Protests». He was then arrested on Oct. 17. Lebedev was charged with the organization and preparation of riots, including the May 6 demonstration in the Bolotnaya Square, and was placed in preventive detention. On April 26th the court found him guilty and sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in jail.

Lebedev has fully admitted his quilt. He collaborated with the investigation and gave evidence against Sergey Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhaev.

Sergey Krivov

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Born in 1961. Krivov is married, with two young children and takes care of his disabled mother. He is a civil rights activist, member of the RPR-Parnas party. Sentenced to 4 years in prison.

Krivov repeatedly spoke out in favor of the May 6th prisoners before being himself arrested.

He was arrested on October 18, 2012 and 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 also accused of snatching a club from a policeman and hitting the policeman with it. The injury suffered by the policeman was a bruise on the back of his hand. Sergey Krivov thinks himself innocent.

Elena Kokhtareva

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Born in 1955. Сurrently under travel restrictions (as of October 2013).

Kokhtareva was accused of having thrown various objects at policemen and using force against them during the demonstration on 6 May. She was interrogated on March 25th of 2013.

Mikhail Kosenko

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Born in 1975. Sentenced to mandatory treatment in psychiatric clinic.

Kosenko has a registered 2nd degree disability due to a psychiatric disease caused by an injury suffered in the army. He is accused of participating in the mass riots (paragraph 2, article 212 of the Russian Criminal Code) and using force, in a way that was threatening life and health, against a representative of authority (parapraph 2, article 318 of the Russian Criminal Code). He is accused of hitting a policeman at least once with his hand and with his foot. He was arrested on June 8 and is kept in the psychiatric ward of the prison hospital of the No2 pre-trial detention prison.

Mikhail Kosenko was registered as a disabled person more than ten years ago. His family and friends view him as an adequate person who does not pose any threat to the society. Previously Mikhail used to take special medication on a regular basis. However, in prison the access to the necessary medication is limited.

The psychiatric assessment conducted by the specialists with the Serbsky Institute of Psychiatry and initiated by the investigators concluded that he was of diminished responsibility. The experts with the Independent Psychiatric Association of Russia analyzed the results and deemed them to be dubious. The May 6 Committee asked the International Psychiatric Association to conduct an independent assessment of Mikhail Kosenko’s condition. People signed a petition on the Internet. On November 9, the trial of Mikhail Kosenko began. The prosecution and the court seem to be inclined to send him to a psychiatric clinic for mandatory treatment.

Leonid Kovyazin

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Born in 1986, actor and journalist. Criminal case dismissed under amnesty law on December 13, 2013.

Kovyazin is not from Moscow but from Kirov where he was arrested on September 5, 2012. He was then transferred to Moscow and has been kept in the No4 pretrial detention prison. Leonid Kovyazin is accused of participating in mass riots (paragraph 2, article 212 of the Russian Criminal Code) and he is facing up to eight years in prison. He was accused of turning over six chemical toilet units. He admitted to having helped to move them (although the photos and the video show only three boxes). Kovyazin explained that he wanted to protect people from the Special Unit policemen. He does not consider himself a participant in mass riots.

Kovyazin’s lawyer Ruslan Chanidze presented several letters of guarantee from different artists and intellectuals of Kirov at the court. The editor-in-chief of the newspaper where Kovyazin worked has repeatedly offered to put up a bail of 750 000 roubles. At the court session on November 28th, 2012 the defense presented numerous guarantee letters from journalists and editors from different media.

Aleksandr Kamensky

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Born in 1977. Activist with “The Other Russia”. Criminal case dismissed under amnesty law.

Kamensky was detained in the Teatralnaya square on May 6. He was put under arrest on June 10th, but no charges were brought within the next 10 days, so he was released. Now he is a suspect in the case.

Nikolay Kavkazskiy

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Born in 1986. Lawyer, human rights activist and member of the opposition. Criminal case dismissed under amnesty law on December 13, 2013.

Kavkazskiy was arrested on July 25, 2012 and has been kept in the No2 pre-trial detention prison. He is accused of participating in mass riots (paragraph 2, article 212 of the Russian Criminal Code) and he is facing up to eight years in prison. According to the accusation, Kavkazskiy hit a policeman. An independent investigation undertaken by a journalist from the “Grani.ru” human rights organization implies that Nikolay was not beating the policeman but was rather dodging the latter’s blows.

Nikolay Kavkazskiy suffers from multiple diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, headaches, scoliosis, respiratory failure, heart disease, gastritis, allergies and dermatitis. His lawyers Tamara Romanova and Sergey Minnenkov have repeatedly drawn the attention of the court to Nikolay Kavkazskiy’s health conditions. He also complained personally about the deterioration of his health during his time in prison.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Kavkazsky

Stepan Zimin

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Born in 1992. Student of the Russian State Humanitarian University, anarchist. Sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison.

Zimin was arrested on June 8, 2012 and has been kept in the No5 pre-trial detention prison. He is accused of participating in mass riots (paragraph 1, article 212 of the Russian Criminal Code) and of using force against a representative of the authorities (paragraph 1, article 318 of the Russian Criminal Code). He is facing up to thirteen years in prison. Zimin was accused of throwing a piece of asphalt at a Special Unit policeman that allegedly broke the policeman’s finger. Medical experts concluded that the finger could not have been broken due to such action and that the injury was more likely a result of twisting.

On November 27 the students of the RGHU organized a picket in support of Stepan Zimin.

Alexandra Dukhanina

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Born in 1993. Student of the Moscow State University. Sentenced to 3 years and 3 months (suspended sentence).

Dukhanina was detained on May 27 and was placed under house arrest. She is charged with participating in mass riots (parapraph 2, article 212 of the Russian Criminal Code) and using force against a representative of authority (paragraph 1, article 318 of the Russian Criminal Code). She is facing up to thirteen years in prison. Dukhanina was accused of throwing pieces of asphalt at a Special Unit policeman. The injured party “suffered skin reddening and physical pain”.