🇷🇺 Russia

Igor Vasilyevich Kuznetsov

Кузнецов Игорь Васильевич

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6 years

Age 59 · male

Detained September 16, 2021(1,673 days)

Tomsk

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AI Assessment

CRITICAL

72%

MODEL ANALYSIS: Subject shows a 72% probability of mistreatment based on historical patterns in this region.

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Accuracy94.2%

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Key Information

Age: 59
Gender: male
Sentence: 6 years
Arrested: September 16, 2021

Location

Country of Arrest: Russia

Arrest Location: Tomsk; 58.6124°, 82.0475°
Current Location: Colony of general regime

Name Origin Analysis

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

Inferred Ethnicity: Slavic Russian
Region of Origin: Slavic Russia
Likely Religion: Orthodox Christian
Confidence: 95%
Reasoning: “The name structure (patronymic, common Russian surnames, and location) strongly indicates a typical Russian background.”

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Data Source

Source: Memorial Human Rights Centre

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Case Summary

Igor Kuznetsov, an activist, journalist, and videoblogger, was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime colony. He was convicted on charges including participation in an extremist community and inciting hatred, stemming from his involvement with the "Left Resistance".

Charges (3)

Participation in an extremist community
Actions aimed at inciting hatred or enmity, as well as at humiliating the dignity of a person or group of persons on the grounds of belonging to any social group, committed publicly, using the Internet, by an organized group
Involvement of a person in the organization of mass riots, accompanied by violence, pogroms, arson, destruction of property, the use of other substances and objects that pose a danger to others, as well as armed resistance to a representative of authority

Criminal Code Articles (3)

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Key Facts (4)

Activist, journalist, and videoblogger
Convicted on charges including participation in an extremist community
Connected to "Left Resistance"
Initially given a suspended sentence on one charge, later sentenced to 6 years

Legal Timeline

Arrest Date

September 16, 2021

Sentence Length

6 years

Native Language Summary

Кузнецов Игорь Васильевич родился 24 октября 1964 года, житель Томска, известный активист, журналист сетевого проекта RusNews, освещающего политические судебные процессы, видеоблогер, занимался историей томских общественных движений, работал дворником в музее. 20 марта 2024 года по политически мотивированному делу «Левого сопротивления» по ч. 2 ст. 282.1 УК РФ («Участие в экстремистском сообществе») приговорён к 3 годам лишения свободы условно. 5 апреля 2024 года по п. «в» ч. 2 ст. 282 УК РФ («Действия, направленные на возбуждение ненависти либо вражды, а также на унижение достоинства человека и группы лиц по признакам принадлежности к какой-либо социальной группе, совершённые публично, с использованием сети “Интернет”, организованной группой») и ч. 1.1 ст. 212 УК РФ («Вовлечение лица в организацию массовых беспорядков, сопровождавшихся насилием, погромами, поджогами, уничтожением имущества, применением иных веществ и предметов, представляющих опасность для окружающих, а также оказанием вооружённого сопротивления представителю власти») приговорён к 6 годам лишения свободы в колонии общего режима. Лишён свободы с 16 сентября 2021 года.