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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sexmale
OccupationEntrepreneur
Arrested inAstrakhan, Astrakhan Oblast
Held at—
CategoryProtest
StatusConvicted
Sentence2 years
Russia · context
1,226documented cases
379 urgent · 72 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
125
Unknown
2
Cultural
2
Ethnic
29
Case Summary
Andrey Berezin was sentenced to 2 years in a penal colony for driving through the fence of the FSB building and assaulting a traffic police inspector. He reportedly stated he wanted to knock down a Dzerzhinsky monument in response to children perishing in Ukraine.
Key Facts
03 entries- 01Sentenced to 2 years for vandalism and assaulting a police officer.
- 02Drove through the fence of the FSB building.
- 03Reportedly motivated by opposition to the war in Ukraine.
02Charges
Charges
02 count- 01Vandalism
- 02Violence against a traffic police inspector
Criminal Code Articles
02 articleArt. 214Art. 318
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
Inferred demographics
90%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionOrthodox Christian
The name Andrey is a common Slavic Christian name, and Berezin is a typical Russian surname.
04Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
March 1, 2022
Sentence served
4y 4mo / 2 years
05Sources
Data Source
Source vs. PPW analysis
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PPW analysisRisk, surveillance & sentence estimates — probabilistic, not the source's reporting.
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Andrey Berezin (PPW case cmi886dh). Retrieved July 6, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi886dhe0049li0tcbzikv1i. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/andrey-berezin).
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