Sergey Mokhnatkin

Samstag, 06. März 1954

Donnerstag, 28. Mai 2020

Sergey Yevgenievich Mokhnatkin (Russian: Серге́й Евге́ньевич Мохна́ткин; March 6, 1954 — May 28, 2020) is a Russian political activist and human rights activist. On December 31, 2009, Mokhnatkin was arrested while participating in the Strategy-31 protest action on Triumfalnaya Square in Moscow (he was accused of beating up an officer of the 2nd operational police regiment of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate in Moscow, police sergeant Dmitry Moiseyev) and was sentenced to 2 years 6 months in a general regime colony. While in the colony, Mokhnatkin defended his rights and the rights of other prisoners, for which he was repeatedly subjected to unlawful punishments. The Russian human rights community recognized him as a political prisoner.