Nikolay Kavkazsky

The prominent sociologist, historian and a civil activist Alek D. Epstein published an article about Nikolay Kavkazsky and included his diary entries related to the events. They show that the participants of the demonstration who had peaceful intentions were brutally attacked by the police, and some suffered grave injuries: “I’ve never seen such a mess! I got clubbed by the special unit policemen a couple of times myself … I saw a lot of wounded and bleeding people…”… Nikolay Kavkazsky’s diary serves as a unique source of information on the 2012 protests providing an “inside” perspective. “The March Of the Millions. The Blooded Sunday. Alek Epstein. The Captivity, November 2012.

Nikolai participated in the elections to the Moscow City Duma of the 6th convocation as YABLOKO candidate. He came third out of seven candidates in the electoral district and gained 12,78 percent.

In 2007-2012, 2013 - till now he is an active member of the pro-western democratic YABLOKO party. In 2008, gained 18% of the votes as the party’s regional branch’s vice chairman candidate.

Nikolay Kavkazsky (born October 16, 1986) is a Russian political and LGBT activist, a lawyer, a member of numerous human rights organizations, a blogger and currently a political prisoner.

Nikolay Kavkazsky was born on October 16, 1986. Since his early childhood, he was inspired by the ideas of justice, equality and peaceful resolution of conflict.

On July 26th the representative for the Investigation Committee brought the charges of assaulting a representative of the authorities (part 1 of the Article 318 of the Russian Criminal Code) and participating in a massive riot (part 2 of the Article 212 of the Russian Criminal Code).

On July 25th Nikolay Kavkazsky was arrested in his own house for allegedly pushing a policeman during the demonstration (which was interpreted by the prosecution as an attempt to inflict grave bodily harm).