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Identified by international monitoring bodies and diplomatic missions as a priority concern.
- 01Writer known as Boris Akunin
- 02Conversation with pranksters Vovan and Lexus
- 03Accused of supporting Ukrainian Armed Forces
- 04Sentenced in absentia to 14 years
- 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: Grigory Chkhartishvili (PPW case cmgoiu4w, record version 2026-05-26). Retrieved July 16, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmgoiu4wh003alizy8h9nntye. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/grigory-chkhartishvili-boris-akunin).
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