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Identified by international monitoring bodies and diplomatic missions as a priority concern.
Subjected to physical abuse or severe ill-treatment in detention. Violation of international law.
- 01Arrested on state treason charges
- 02Previously detained multiple times for petty hooliganism
- 03Practice used by authorities before formal charges
- 04Graduated from the Higher School of Economics this year
- 05Donated to a foundation helping Ukrainian children
- 06Tortured with electric shocks after detention
- 07Subjected to 'carousel arrests'
- 08Graduated from Higher School of Economics
- 01state treason
- 02petty hooliganism
- 03disobedience to police
- 04treason
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The Detained. (2026). Case file: Leonid Kats (TD case cmiuo75b, record version 2026-07-16). Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://thedetained.org/prisoners/cmiuo75br0000lirg9jiksoiy. Original data from Mediazona (https://zona.media/news/2025/12/02/kats).
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