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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex37 · male
OccupationPolitician
Arrested inSaint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg
Held at—
CategoryProtest
Statuson trial
Sentence—
Case Summary
Nikita Yuferev, a municipal deputy from St. Petersburg, is facing a criminal case for discrediting the Armed Forces. The case was triggered by tweets explaining his refusal to pay a fine for discrediting the army and discussing an article about his municipality.
Key Facts
04 entries- 01Facing a criminal case for discrediting the Armed Forces.
- 02The case was triggered by tweets about his refusal to pay a fine.
- 03He sent an appeal to the State Duma demanding Putin's impeachment.
- 04Left Russia in October 2022.
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01Discrediting the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 280.3
03Analysis
AI Assessment
MEDIUM0%
ANALYSIS:Subject shows a 0% probability of mistreatment based on historical patterns in this region.
ModelXGB-Text
Accuracy94.2%
Predicts torture risk and case urgency from arrest data using XGBoost.
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorSocial Media Monitoring
Inferred demographics
90%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionOrthodox Christian
The name Nikita and the patronymic Yuferev are common Russian names, and the location is a major Russian city.
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Nikita Yuferev (PPW case cmgn4t2o). Retrieved May 31, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmgn4t2ok000clisxcuohl2ik. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/nikita-yuferev).
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