Overview

• Rosfinmonitoring added Polozov to the federal list, with an asterisk indicating an active case under a terrorism article.
• The Interior Ministry declared him wanted in July, and a court ordered his arrest in absentia over alleged “fakes” about the Russian military.
• The Justice Ministry labeled him a foreign agent in December 2024.
• Polozov resides in Ukraine and is known for defending Pussy Riot members, Sergei Udaltsov, Nadiya Savchenko, and 24 Ukrainian sailors detained in 2018.
• Rights groups report at least 597 terrorism convictions in the first half of 2025 and a rising practice of pairing terrorism and treason charges.