On August 17 defendant in the case of the Kansk teenagers Nikita Uvarov celebrates his birthday. He is turning exactly 20 years old.
Nikita is a young anarchist from Kansk. Before his arrest, he was a school student, studied the works of Peter Kropotkin, listened to songs by Yegor Letov, learned to play guitar, and dreamed of entering the journalism faculty. Already at the age of 14, Nikita was interested in politics and actively spoke out against political repression.
In early June 2020, together with two comrades, he put up leaflets around the city in support of Azat Miftakhov and other political prisoners. One leaflet was pasted onto the FSB building, and a few hours later, they were detained. Security officers confiscated their phones, where they found messages criticizing the state, discussing anarchism, and talking about “blowing up” the FSB building — but in the game Minecraft. For fun, the teenagers had also been setting off homemade firecrackers in deserted places.
In February 2022, Nikita Uvarov was sentenced to five years in prison — accused of undergoing training for terrorist activities and of the illegal manufacture and possession of explosive devices. His two comrades received suspended sentences. The trial became known as “the Kansk teenagers’ case.”
In prison, Nikita faces harsh pressure from the administration. He has been sent to a punishment cell several times and denied books, leading him to go on hunger strikes. Despite this, he remains in good spirits, continues self-education, is training as a plastic products assembler, and reads literature about journalism. While in prison, he also decided to become a vegetarian.
Congratulate our comrade on his birthday — send him a letter or postcard!
Address for letters: Uvarov Nikita Andreevich, born 17.08.2005, IK-31, Krazovskaya St. 10, 660111, Krasnoyarsk Russia. Note that letters should be sent in Russian – you may use free online translation tools.
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