Activists in Yerevan held pickets in support of prisoners.

Activists held a rally near the Russian embassy in Yerevan in support of people they consider political prisoners.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", in Yerevan, activists periodically hold actions demanding the release of prisoners, whose prosecution they consider unjust. This concerns prisoners in Russia as well as in European countries. For instance, on September 13, at the German embassy in Yerevan, picketers expressed support for Dmitry Bagrash, who faces deportation from Germany to Russia.

Today, a picket was held at the Russian embassy in Yerevan in support of Russian prisoners. Participants of the action demanded their release. They held posters depicting former governor of the Khabarovsk region Sergey Furgal, his accountant Galina Aleinikova, and her deputy Svetlana Osipenko, reported the Telegram channel RusNews.

Also today in Yerevan, at the German embassy, several activists held an action in support of Dmitry Bagrash, who faces deportation to Russia after his release. According to the participants of the action, the Senate Department for Justice and Consumer Protection in Berlin responded to six different appeals from Bagrash with one letter, directly citing cost-saving measures.

At the same time, the Constitutional Court of Germany informed Bagrash about an alleged lack of some documents for the complaint he had previously submitted. Bagrash claims he sent them. He resent the documents. The complaint has not yet been considered on the merits, noted the Telegram channel in another publication.

Recall that the court sentenced Sergey Furgal to 23 years in prison. In December 2025, he received a new sentence – Furgal was found guilty on economic charges under the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, with a total sentence of 25 years.

According to German authorities, in 2022, Dmitry Bagrash attempted to set fire to the building of the news agency RIA "Novosti" in Berlin. The investigation believes that Bagrash placed a homemade bomb in the basement of the building where agency employees lived. The bomb did not go off and was later found by the police, reported the Berlin newspaper Tagesspiegel on June 22 on its website.

On June 20, Bagrash was charged with attempted murder. Before his arrest, he held actions against Vladimir Putin's policies, the publication noted.