Sources
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Biography & arrest
Born 26 July 1961 in Moscow; lawyer; elected councillor (Krasnoselsky District, 2017).
Memorial — political prisoner profile ↗Arrested 26 April 2022.
OVD-Info case file ↗
The 15 March 2022 council meeting
Statement at council meeting calling the invasion a war and referencing dying Ukrainian children.
Mediazona — court reporting and full statement ↗
First conviction (Article 207.3)
Sentenced 8 July 2022 to 7 years; first person in Russia convicted under Article 207.3.
Reuters — Russia jails Moscow councillor ↗Sentencing judge: Olesya Mendeleeva.
The Moscow Times ↗
International recognition (2022–2024)
UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention finds his detention unlawful (Opinion No. 70/2022).
OHCHR — Working Group on Arbitrary Detention opinions ↗Magnitsky Human Rights Award, 2022.
Magnitsky Awards — list of laureates ↗Memorial recognises him as a political prisoner.
Memorial / OVD-Info political prisoner registry ↗European Parliament: 34 MEPs sign open letter calling for his release.
European Parliament press releases ↗
Detention conditions
Transferred to Penal Colony No. 2, Pokrov, December 2022 (the Navalny colony).
Mediazona ↗Over 240 medical professionals sign open letter to Putin demanding medical care.
The Insider ↗UN Special Rapporteur Mariana Katzarova: detention conditions amount to torture.
OHCHR — Special Rapporteur statement ↗Tuberculosis diagnosis, May 2025.
OVD-Info case updates ↗
Second conviction (Article 205.2)
Charged September 2023 with 'justifying terrorism' based on conversations with cellmates wearing recording devices.
The Insider — investigation ↗Sentenced 29 November 2024 to an additional 3 years.
Amnesty International — statement ↗
U.S., EU, and other government action
U.S. Treasury sanctions Judge Olesya Mendeleeva under the Global Magnitsky Act, December 2024.
U.S. Department of the Treasury — OFAC press release ↗U.S. State Department statement on Gorinov, December 2024.
U.S. State Department ↗EU High Representative statement on Gorinov.
EEAS — European External Action Service ↗
2025 developments
Listed by Rosfinmonitoring as 'terrorist and extremist,' March 2025.
OVD-Info ↗Statement to military appeals court, 3 April 2025.
Mediazona ↗
Reference (orientation only)
General overview and bibliography.
Wikipedia — Alexei Gorinov (used for orientation, not as a primary source) ↗