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Neustroev Aleksandr Yevgenievich

Date of birth: March 15, 1966 (60 years old)
citizenship:  Россия
Occupation: строительство
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  verdict delivered – appeal pending
Sentence:  4 года 6 месяцев лишения свободы в колонии строгого режима
Date of sentencing:  June 10, 2024 ; November 19, 2025
Current location:  Penal Settlement No. 66, Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for Sverdlovsk Oblast

Neustroev Aleksandr Yevgenievich, born on 15 March 1966, resident of Yekaterinburg, construction worker persecuted for making remarks to a boy wearing a hat with the letter Z on it.

On 10 June 2024 he was sentenced under subparagraphs ‘A’, ‘B’ Part 1 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (‘Hooliganism with threat of violence motivated by hatred towards a social group’) to 3 years of penal colony.

In November 2025, it became known that another criminal case had been opened against him under Part 1 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (‘Justification of terrorism,‘ up to 5 years’ imprisonment) due to a conversation with cellmates.

He was deprived of liberty on 10 June 2024.

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16 Jan, 2025 | 16:08

Aleksandr Neustroev is a political prisoner