🇷🇺 Russia

Artyom Yurevich Kamardin

Камардин Артём Юрьевич

high PriorityactivismconvictedTorture ReportedInternational Attention

7 years

Age 32 · male

Detained September 26, 2022(1,298 days)

Moscow

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AI Assessment

HIGH

60%

MODEL ANALYSIS: Subject shows a 60% probability of mistreatment based on historical patterns in this region.

ModelXGB-2.1

Accuracy94.2%

Predicts torture risk and case urgency from arrest data using XGBoost.

Key Information

Age: 32
Gender: male
Sentence: 7 years
Arrested: September 26, 2022

Location

Country of Arrest: Russia

Arrest Location: Moscow; 55.6256°, 37.6064°

Name Origin Analysis

⚠️ ML-inferred from onomastic analysis — not verified identity. For aggregate research only.

Inferred Ethnicity: Central Asian/Turkic
Region of Origin: Central Asia
Likely Religion: Muslim (Sunni)
Confidence: 80%
Reasoning: “The surname Kamardin is characteristic of Turkic or Central Asian populations, while the given name Artyom is common across many ethnic groups in Russia.”

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Data Source

Source: Memorial Human Rights Centre

Russia · Memorial

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Case Summary

Artyom Kamardin, a poet and civil activist, was sentenced to 7 years in a general regime colony for humiliating the dignity of a social group and publicly calling for activities against state security. The charges stem from a poetry reading.

Charges (2)

Humiliation of the dignity of a social group with the threat of violence using the Internet by an organized group
Public calls for activities directed against the security of the state, committed by an organized group

Criminal Code Articles (2)

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Key Facts (4)

Sentenced for poetry reading.
Accused of humiliating a social group and calling for activities against state security.
Has a higher education and worked as an engineer.
Torture reported.

Documented Legal Violations (3)

Torture
Violation of freedom of expression
Unfair trial

Legal Timeline

Arrest Date

September 26, 2022

Sentence Length

7 years

Native Language Summary

Камардин Артём Юрьевич родился 10 октября 1990 года, житель Москвы. Поэт, участник «Маяковских чтений», гражданский активист. Имеет высшее образование. Работал инженером. Состоит в незарегистрированном браке. По п. «в» ч. 2 ст. 282 («Унижение достоинства социальной группы с угрозой насилия с использованием Интернета организованной группой», до 6 лет лишения свободы) и ч. 3 ст. 280.4 («Публичные призывы к осуществлению деятельности, направленной против безопасности государства, совершённые организованной группой», до 7 лет лишения свободы) УК РФ приговорён к 7 годам лишения свободы в колонии общего режима со штрафом в размере 500 тысяч рублей. Находится под стражей с 26 сентября 2022 года.