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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex41 · male
OccupationBloggers
Arrested inVoronezh, Voronezh Oblast
Held atFederal Governmental Institution \"Penal colony no. 2 of the Penitentiary Directorate of Voronezh region\"
CategoryReligious
StatusConvicted
Sentence3 years
Russia · context
1,220documented cases
376 urgent · 72 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
125
Unknown
2
Cultural
2
Ethnic
29
Case Summary
Khristoliub Vegan, a YouTube blogger, was sentenced to three years in a penal colony for rehabilitation of Nazism and insulting religious feelings. The charges stem from videos he posted criticizing Soviet soldiers and condemning the Quran.
Key Facts
04 entries- 01YouTube blogger
- 02Convicted for rehabilitation of Nazism and insulting religious feelings
- 03Videos criticized Soviet soldiers and condemned the Quran
- 04Initially detained and held in pre-trial detention and psychiatric hospital
02Charges
Charges
02 count- 01Rehabilitation of Nazism
- 02Insulting the feelings of believers
Criminal Code Articles
02 articleArt. 354.1Art. 148
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorSocial Media Monitoring
Technology usedYouTube
Inferred demographics
10%EthnicityUnknown
Region of originUnknown
ReligionUnknown
The name components are highly unusual and do not conform to standard Russian naming conventions.
04Sources
Data Source
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Khristoliub Bozhii Vegan (PPW case cmhec46i). Retrieved July 6, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmhec46iw0000lingpptgv1pa. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/khristoliub-bozhii-vegan-).
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