Leonid Razvozzhayev

Leonid Mikhailovich Raswosschajew (Russian Леонид Михайлович Развозжаев; born June 12, 1973 in Angarsk ) is a Russian political activist and member of the State Duma deputies Ilya Ponomarev.

In October 2012, he was confronted with allegations of having prepared together with Sergei Udaltsov and Givi Targamadze subversion activities in Moscow, among other things, it is said to have acted to riots on May 6, 2013 in anti-Putin demonstrations.

When he then wanted to apply for asylum in Kiev, he was kidnapped by his own admission of security agencies to Russia, tortured and forced to make a confession he later recanted. EU and the U.S. have expressed concerns about the actions of the Russian authorities.

On the revocation, the authorities responded with an accusation of a 15 years earlier alleged robbery cap.