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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex48 · male
OccupationArtist
Arrested inPushchino, Moscow Oblast
Held at—
CategoryProtest
StatusConvicted
Sentence—
Russia · context
1,245documented cases
387 urgent · 76 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
125
Unknown
2
Cultural
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Ethnic
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Case Summary
Vasily Koretsky, an artist from Pushchino, was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months of restriction of freedom for vandalizing a monument to veterans of local wars. He doused the monument with red paint.
Key Facts
04 entries- 01Cartoonist
- 02Vandalized monument
- 03Restriction of freedom
- 04Doused monument with red paint
02Charges
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 214
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
Inferred demographics
90%EthnicityUkrainian
Region of originUkraine
ReligionOrthodox Christian
The name Vasily Koretsky is distinctly Ukrainian, and the location in Moscow Oblast is common for Ukrainian diaspora.
04Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
March 1, 2022
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06Sources
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Vasily Koretsky (PPW case cmi881bu, record version 2026-05-26). Retrieved July 16, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi881bu0002gli0tl6dsh63e. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/vasily-koretsky).
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