Nikita Lugovskoy

Nikita is a resident of Khabarovsk. In August 2024, he signed a contract — according to him, he was detained at the military enlistment office when he came to collect his military ID and was forced to agree to go to war. While stationed in the rear, he came into conflict with the command, after which, he says, he was held “on the kicha” (in a detention cell) from 5 August to 23 September 2024. A criminal case was opened against him for high treason and money laundering: according to Lugovsky, he was tortured into giving testimony. On 31 October 2025, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict-regime penal colony.