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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex26 · male
OccupationPolitician
Arrested inKostroma, Kostroma Oblast
Held at—
CategorySocial media
StatusConvicted
Sentence5 years
Russia · context
1,245documented cases
387 urgent · 76 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
125
Unknown
2
Cultural
2
Ethnic
31
Case Summary
Alexander Zykov, a former head of Navalny’s organization branches, was sentenced in absentia to five years of imprisonment for posts about dead soldiers and anti-war actions. The case was initiated for disseminating deliberately false information about the use of the Armed Forces.
Key Facts
04 entries- 01Posts about dead soldiers and anti-war actions
- 02Former head of Navalny’s organization branches
- 03Sentenced in absentia
- 04Charge reclassified to dissemination of deliberately false information
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01fakes about the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 207.3
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorSocial Media Monitoring
Inferred demographics
90%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionOrthodox Christian
The name Alexander Zykov is a common Russian name, and the arrest location in Kostroma Oblast is consistent with the Russian demographic profile.
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Alexander Zykov (PPW case cmi8874r, record version 2026-05-26). Retrieved July 16, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi8874r5004jli0ta3ig0zg5. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/alexander-zykov).
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