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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex21 · male
Occupation—
Arrested inBorovsky district, Kaluga Oblast
Held at—
CategoryActivism
Statusunknown
Sentence—
Russia · context
1,220documented cases
376 urgent · 72 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
125
Unknown
2
Cultural
2
Ethnic
29
Case Summary
A young man facing charges for distributing leaflets containing QR codes that link to information discrediting the Russian military. He had previously been fined for a solitary picket in Moscow.
Key Facts
03 entries- 01Charged for pasting leaflets with QR codes on apartment walls
- 02Previously fined in June 2022 for a solitary picket
- 03Verdict passed in April 2024 but details remain unknown
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01Discrediting the RF Armed Forces
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 280.3 Part 1
Documented Legal Violations (2)
- Freedom of expression
- Freedom of assembly
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
Inferred demographics
90%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionOrthodox Christian
The name Egor Karpunin is a common Russian name with a typical Russian patronymic structure.
04Sources
Data Source
Source vs. PPW analysis
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Egor Karpunin (PPW case cmgn4t3o). Retrieved July 6, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmgn4t3or000dlisx8rxksl94. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/egor-karpunin).
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