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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex23 · female
Occupation—
Arrested inSaint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg
Held at—
CategoryProtest
Statuson trial
Sentence—
Russia · context
1,245documented cases
387 urgent · 76 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
125
Unknown
2
Cultural
2
Ethnic
31
Case Summary
Ariadna Litvinova is being charged with vandalism for spray-painting anti-war inscriptions on stands of a patriotic photo exhibition in St. Petersburg. She was previously fined under an administrative article for discrediting the army.
Key Facts
04 entries- 01Resident of Mytishchi, Moscow Region
- 02Studied at a police college
- 03Detained for spray-painting anti-war inscriptions
- 04Restraint replaced with a prohibition of certain actions.
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01Vandalism
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 214
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
Inferred demographics
90%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionOrthodox Christian
The surname Litvinova is a common Slavic Russian feminine name, and the location is a major Russian city.
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Ariadna Litvinova (PPW case cmgoiql8, record version 2026-05-26). Retrieved July 16, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmgoiql8f001tlizyuhd1uqgs. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/ariadna-litvinova).
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