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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryRussia
Age / Sex20 · male
OccupationCollege student
Arrested inKaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast
Held at—
CategoryProtest
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
Mikhail Sukhoruchkin was charged with vandalism for writing "PUTIN = WAR" on a monument. He made a forced apology video and subsequently left Russia, receiving political asylum in Poland.
Key Facts
03 entries- 01Inscribed 'PUTIN = WAR' on monument
- 02Made a forced apology video
- 03Received political asylum in Poland
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01Desecration of the monument to the 1200 Guardsmen in Kaliningrad
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 214
03Analysis
Predicting Vector
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
Inferred demographics
90%EthnicitySlavic Russian
Region of originSlavic Russia
ReligionOrthodox Christian
The name structure and common surname suggest a typical Russian background, reinforced by the arrest location in Kaliningrad.
04Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
April 1, 2022
05Sources
Data Source
Source vs. PPW analysis
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Mikhail Sukhoruchkin (PPW case cmi889be). Retrieved July 6, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi889beq005cli0tuvhv46gm. Original data from OVD-Info (https://repression.info/ru/persons/mikhail-sukhoruchkin).
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