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Pavel Chuprunov

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Pavel Chuprunov
Павел Чупрунов
Chuprunov at the Russia Instead of Putin conference in 2018
Born (1993-06-28) June 28, 1993 (age 33)
CitizenshipRussian
EducationHerzen University
OccupationsOpposition politician and civic activist

Pavel Chuprunov (Russian: Павел Чупрунов; born 28 June 1993)[1] is a Russian opposition politician and civic activist. He attracted attention through litigation over the 2019 municipal election in Saint Petersburg, which resulted in the annulment of the result in the five-seat constituency where he had sought to stand and a repeat election.[2][3][4][5][6] He has also organised protests and civic projects.

After his detention at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny in January 2021, a police search and subsequent attention from the police anti-extremism unit, Chuprunov left Russia and applied for protection in Sweden.[7] SVT described him as an opposition politician active in local politics who had fled after persecution by Russian police.[8] A Swedish migration court granted him protection in 2022.[9] He has since continued public activity in Sweden, including as a representative of the Russian Anti-War Committee in Sweden.[10]

Education and professional background

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Candidate information released for the 2019 municipal election states that Chuprunov completed his studies at Herzen University in 2017 and worked as an environmental engineer on sanitary protection-zone projects.[1] In the same year he co-authored a conference paper on the geochemical condition of snow cover along Moskovsky Prospekt in Saint Petersburg.[11]

Political and civic activity in Russia

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Early political activity, 2011–2014

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In a 2019 interview, Chuprunov said that he became interested in elections and politics after being detained near a Strategy-31 demonstration and served as an election observer in 2011 and 2012.[12] OVD-Info listed him among those detained at the March of Millions in Moscow on 6 May 2012.[13] In the same interview he said that an attempt to register as a candidate in the 2014 municipal election had been unsuccessful.[12]

Early projects and police attention, 2018

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In 2018, Chuprunov developed the satirical political board game Russia Without Putin?, whose demonstration version consisted of about one hundred cards.[14] After a detention, a court ordered the return of the game and a rubber mask seized by police.[15] Fontanka later reported that contacts between Chuprunov and the police anti-extremism unit had begun that autumn and continued in 2019 and 2021.[16][17]

Municipal election and protests, 2019

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Chuprunov sought to stand in constituency No. 2 of the then Chernaya Rechka municipal district. RFE/RL reported that queues of people whom he described as sham candidates obstructed access to the election commission.[18] The commission issued him a candidate certificate but did not adopt a valid registration decision. A court ordered it to consider his registration,[19] but he was not placed on the ballot.[20] The dispute drew criticism from Central Election Commission chair Ella Pamfilova. The later annulment affected five seats, including one held by a brother of the then speaker of the city legislature.[21][22]

Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on the registration dispute and Chuprunov's proposals for greater municipal transparency.[23] He and Krasimir Vranski also organised the authorised Piter za Moskvu demonstration, which RFE/RL reported was attended by more than 2,000 people.[24] His campaign and activity in Vesna were featured in a half-hour Arte documentary.[25]

Litigation and civic projects, 2020

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Chuprunov speaking through a megaphone during the Boris Nemtsov memorial march in Saint Petersburg on 29 February 2020.

In January 2020, a court annulled the election result in the five-seat constituency where Chuprunov had sought to stand because the earlier registration decision had not been implemented.[26][2] That month he launched Uznik Online, a project linking internet users with political prisoners.[27]

In early 2020, he participated in protests against proposed constitutional amendments[28] and was among the initiators of the Saint Petersburg memorial march for Boris Nemtsov.[29][30] On 15 March he read an appeal opposing the amendments at a protest where at least 22 people were detained.[31] During the COVID-19 pandemic he organised local assistance for elderly and isolated residents; RFE/RL reported that about ten people formed the core group and around thirty participated overall.[32]

During the constitutional vote on 1 July, Chuprunov, a voting member of local election commission No. 1802, was removed from the polling station after asking to observe the count. The commission said that he lacked a negative COVID-19 test.[33] He was later detained over the incident and sentenced to ten days' administrative detention.[34][35] The city court overturned the decision and released him after six days;[36] the case was later closed, while a separate challenge to his removal from the polling station was dismissed.[33]

That year Chuprunov was also reported as assisting residents in environmental disputes involving the Novosyolki waste facility[37] and the Karabashmed smelter, where regulators found violations after he requested an inspection.[38]

Police search, repeat election and departure, 2021

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Novaya Gazeta described Chuprunov in 2021 as a member of the Saint Petersburg council of Open Russia.[39] The movement dissolved later that year to reduce the risk of prosecution of people associated with it.[7] After his detention at a rally supporting Navalny,[7] an altercation occurred in a police van when an OMON officer tried to take his telephone. Kommersant reported that he then faced possible prosecution under Article 318 of the Russian Criminal Code.[40]

On 6 February, police searched Chuprunov's registered address and seized computer equipment.[41] According to him and the occupants, no search warrant was shown.[39][42] Police linked coordinated searches at more than 30 addresses to an investigation into roads blocked during the 23 January protest; Kommersant later reported that his parents were called for questioning.[40] Following further attention from the anti-extremism unit, Chuprunov left Russia and applied for protection in Sweden.[16][7]

Ahead of the repeat election, Chuprunov led the informal opposition group Komanda Chernoy Rechki, which supported candidates.[43] All five seats went to United Russia candidates.[44]

Emigration and activity in Scandinavia

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Protection and anti-war activity, 2021–2022

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The Swedish Migration Agency initially rejected Chuprunov's protection application, saying that he could seek protection from Russian authorities.[8] The decision was subsequently discussed on the opinion pages of Svenska Dagbladet,[45][46] where the agency's director-general also responded.[47] A migration court reversed the decision and granted him protection in July 2022.[9]

Chuprunov at the Swedish Riksdag in 2022.

During 2022, Chuprunov appeared on Sveriges Radio's programme Konflikt about resistance to Putin,[48] was announced as a speaker at an anti-war demonstration outside the Russian embassy,[49] and participated in an open roundtable at the Swedish Riksdag on Russia's political opposition.[50] He presented a report titled Russian opposition during the war with Ukraine 2022.[51] In August he appeared in a Dagens Nyheter report about Russian-speaking people in Sweden and the war.[52]

Public activity, 2023–2026

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In 2023, Dagsavisen described Chuprunov as one of Vesna's leaders.[53] Vesna had by then been banned in Russia as an extremist organisation.[54] During a visit to Norway, where the movement had been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Bjørnar Moxnes,[53][55] Chuprunov was interviewed about sanctions and military support for Ukraine;[53] Deutsche Welle also listed Chuprunov among the nominees for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize.[56] He made further appearances on Sveriges Radio in 2024 and 2025.[57][58]

In January 2025, Echo Sthlm reported that Chuprunov had been appointed a representative in Sweden for a support function of the Russian Anti-War Committee.[59] The committee's website also listed him as a board member of Russians Against War and a member of Vesna.[60] Russian authorities had previously designated the Swedish organisation undesirable.[61]

In December 2025, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in the joined case Drokin and Others v. Russia, which included Chuprunov's application no. 24538/19 concerning police action connected with protests on 5 October 2018 and 15 March 2020. The court found several Convention violations and awarded him €5,000.[62] In March 2026, the Supreme Court of Russia designated the Russian Anti-War Committee a terrorist organisation and banned its activities in Russia.[63] In August, Yle identified Chuprunov as the committee's representative in Sweden in a report about a detained Russian couple.[10]

References

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  2. 1 2 "Суд отменил итоги выборов в округе МО «Черная речка»". Kommersant (in Russian). 31 January 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
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  6. ↑ "«Команда Чёрной речки» идет на штурм «Ланского»". Kommersant (in Russian). 8 July 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "«Я не герой. Не выдержу жизнь в тюрьме». Как экс-кандидат в мундепы Павел Чупрунов получил убежище в Швеции после стычки с ОМОНом". Paperpaper (in Russian). 18 July 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
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