Personal Information
- Birth date
- 6 июн. 1977 г. (48 years old)
- Special circumstances
- activist, politician, blogger, journalist, human rights defender
- Notes
- Lawyer, former member of the Opposition Coordination Council, human rights activist and journalist, publicly criticizing representatives of the authorities and the judicial system. His YouTube channel has over a million subscribers. In his videos, he demonstrates work in courts, covering lawsuits against state corporations and employees of the authorities. Posts videos in which he "puts in his place" representatives of the authorities. For example, a video where Dolgikh argues with a DPS officer because he was stopped has 13 million views. Dolgikh was actively involved in socio-political activities: he organized rallies, marches and pickets, several times tried to become a deputy of the Kirov Regional Duma, was the founder of the People's Freedom Party and headed the regional branch of PARNAS in the Kirov Region. Also held the position of director of the Center for Legal Expertise and Consumer Rights Protection. After the departure of Governor Igor Vasilyev on June 17, 2022, he decided to run for this post as a self-nominated candidate. Among the candidates were also Sergey Mamaev, Yuri Moiseev, Fyodor Luginin, Vladimir Ponaryev, Alexander Sokolov and Ilya Ulyanov. Later, Dolgikh and Ulyanova were removed from the elections because they did not submit the necessary documents for registration.
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Dolgikh Anton Vitalevich
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Kirov Oblast
- Detention date:
- 18 февр. 2025 г.
- Charges:
- Art. 33 CC RF Part 4, Art. 285 CC RF Part 3, Art. 291.2 CC RF Part 1
- Sentence:
- 1 year 6 months settlement colony
- Estimated release date:
- 29 мая 2027 г.
- Case categories:
- Civil activist cases, Journalist persecution
Case Description
On February 18, 2025, in Kirov, six fighters of the SOBR "Shield" broke into the apartment of Anton Dolgikh, a former member of the Opposition Coordination Council, lawyer, and human rights defender, with a search. About 1 thousand were seized from him. dollars, electronic storage media, computers, cell phones, and documents. A criminal case was opened against the lawyer for bribery and abuse of official powers. According to the investigation, the man gave a bribe of 4,500 rubles to the head of the post office. The court placed Dolgikh in custody for the duration of the investigation. Later, charges were added for abuse of official powers and incitement to commit a crime. On November 19, 2025, Anton Dolgikh was found guilty by the Oktyabrsky District Court of Kirov and sentenced to 1.5 years in a penal colony-settlement under the article on abuse of office and a fine of 50 thousand rubles in a bribery case. Anton was exempted from paying the fine due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for bringing him to justice and credited his stay in the detention center on a scheme of 2 days in the SIZO for 1 day in the settlement colony. Thus, Anton Dolgikh was released from custody in the courtroom after serving his sentence.
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