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Anton Zhuchkov
20.04.2025

Resident of Omsk, security guard. He was detained at an anti-war rally on March 6. His relatives lost contact with him, and he was found only on March 12 in the hospital, at the Sklifosovsky Research Institute of Emergency Medicine. He was taken there because he had taken methadone after his arrest. Zhuchkov was later placed in custody. Initially, a case was opened on preparation for hooliganism by a group of people using weapons or (Part 2 of Article 213 of the Criminal Code with the use of Part 1 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code). On March 6, an anonymous public on VKontakte “Polite People / War” published a message that two citizens detained on Pushkinskaya Square were found with explosives. On May 5, it became known that the charge had been reclassified as preparation for a terrorist act by a group of persons (Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code with the use of Part 1 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code). On April 20, 2023, Zhuchkov was sentenced to 10 years in a maximum security colony. On September 27, the appellate court reduced his sentence by two months. In March 2024, it became known that in a pre-trial detention center in Krasnoyarsk, where Zhuchkov spent several days on his way to prison in Minusinsk, he was beaten by prisoners. Before this, the officers demanded that Zhuchkov inform them about his cellmates, and when he refused, he was transferred to another cell, where he was beaten and threatened with rape if he did not cooperate with the administration.

Source: repression.info/ru/persons/anton-zhuchkov

Hi, Anya!

Thank you for your letter! I’m still doing fine—staying in prison. But my actual prison term has ended; what comes next is unknown. As someone of little significance, I don’t really count on anything. Not even a trace of me will remain in the infinite universe that, in Buddhism, is called Samsara. And I have no reason to cling to it anyway. Maybe I’ll read a few more books and sympathize with the suffering of those whom Karma brings my way :)

Wishing you strength and success!

As well as blessings and enlightenment :) and thank you for your attention! Take care!

April 20, 2025 Anton