REPORT ON INDICIA OF POLITICALLY MOTIVATED CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AGAINST ALEXEY NIKOLAEVICH NAZARENKO

This report has been prepared for the purpose of conducting a legal analysis of the criminal prosecution against Alexey Nikolaevich Nazarenko, an elected deputy of the Duma of the Stavropol Territory of the sixth convocation, and for assessing the compliance of this prosecution with international human rights standards, the principle of proportionality in criminal law intervention, and the requirement of neutrality in the use of international search mechanisms.