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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex29 · male
OccupationOfficial
Arrested inYekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast
Held at—
CategoryProtest
StatusDetained
Sentence—
Russia · context
1,245documented cases
387 urgent · 76 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
125
Unknown
2
Cultural
2
Ethnic
31
Case Summary
An unnamed male official is accused of attacking a police officer during the dispersal of a protest. He is an employee of the Department of State Housing and Construction Supervision of the Sverdlovsk Region.
Key Facts
03 entries- 01Attacked a police officer
- 02During dispersal of protest
- 03Employee of state housing and construction supervision
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01Use of violence against a police officer
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 318
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
Inferred demographics
60%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionUnknown
The provided location in Sverdlovsk Oblast is a major industrial center within Slavic Russia, suggesting a general Russian demographic.
04Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
March 1, 2022
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06Sources
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The Detained. (2026). Case file: Unknown male 8 (TD case cmi889ij, record version 2026-05-26). Retrieved July 17, 2026, from https://thedetained.org/prisoners/cmi889ij0005ili0t57u08m30. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/-unknown-male-8).
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