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Identified by international monitoring bodies and diplomatic missions as a priority concern.
- 01Accused of justifying terrorism
- 02Writer and critic of the government
- 03Sentenced in absentia to 14 years in prison
- 01Publicly justifying terrorism
- 02Involvement in attempts to violently change the constitutional order
- 03Evading the obligations of a “foreign agent”
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Grigorii Chkhartishvili (PPW case cmi87ybx, record version 2026-05-26). Retrieved July 16, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi87ybxb001cli0tth2hpf56. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/grigorii-chkhartishvili-boris-akunin).
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