Kats Leonid Maksimovich

In Moscow on October 1, 2025, 22-year-old Leonid Katz, a first-year master's student at the Higher School of Economics, was detained. A protocol on an administrative offense under the article on petty hooliganism was drawn up against him. According to police reports, the young man was swearing obscenely in a public place around 10 p.m., offensively pestering citizens, 'behaving aggressively, provoking a conflict and trying to start a fight with police officers.' On October 2, 2025, Judge Valeria Bondar of Cheryomushkinsky District Court of Moscow sent Katz to administrative arrest for 15 days. After serving his sentence, Katsa was detained again on October 15, 2025. Police brought him to the police station and drew up a second report on an administrative offense against him under the article on petty hooliganism. This time, the student, while at a bus stop, allegedly "used obscene language, harassed citizens, and did not respond to repeated demands from a police officer to stop illegal actions." "On October 17, 2025, Judge Alisher Larion of the Gagarin District Court of Moscow sentenced Katz to another 15 days in detention." "On November 1, 2025, as the young man was leaving the temporary detention facility, he was detained again and taken to the police station, where a protocol on an administrative offense was drawn up against him under the article on disobedience to a lawful order of a law enforcement officer. According to the police, Kats refused to show them an identity document. On November 2, 2025, Judge Svetlana Bobyleva of the Zyuzino District Court sent the student to administrative arrest for another 15 days. November 16, 2025, after serving his sentence, the young man was detained again. A fourth protocol on an administrative offense was fabricated against him, again under the article on petty hooliganism. According to the police officers, Kats, being at the "Mars" pond, was swearing obscenely, was aggressive, and did not respond to remarks about stopping illegal actions. November 17, 2025, Judge Ekaterina Koroleva of the Butyrsky District Court of Moscow sentenced a student to an administrative arrest for 15 days. After serving his sentence, Leonid Katz was detained on charges of treason. The details of the charges are unknown. On December 1, 2025, the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow sent the defendant in the case into custody.