Ivan Pavlov (lawyer)

'''The Evgeny Petrin case'''

'''The Evgeny Petrin case'''

Pavlov represented interests of Evgeny Petrin who had worked in the Moscow Patriarchy department of external church relations and was detained in June 2014 upon accusation of high treason.{{Cite news|url=https://themoscowtimes.com/news/alleged-fsb-agent-working-in-orthodox-church-arrested-for-high-treason-43694|title=Alleged FSB Agent Working in Orthodox Church Arrested for High Treason|access-date=2018-04-10|language=en}} According to the investigation, Petrin had provided to the CIA representatives a piece of information comprising state secret when he had worked in the department of external church relations. Petrin himself stated that he was an FSB Captain and had worked in the church department under cover. His brother stated that Evgeny had detected a Ukrainian businessman who, according to Petrin's information, “had assisted to dissent between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian one, had performed anti-Russian activities in Ukraine, and had recruited people, e.g., in Russian government bodies”. Evgeny Petrin more than once asked the security bodies to initiate a criminal case against that person. However, according to his brother, neither the Russian Orthodox Church nor the FSB had been interested in that so that “they decided to discredit Evgeny, to make him a traitor”.{{Cite news|url=https://meduza.io/feature/2017/05/26/put-tyazhelyy-nagrada-bolshe|title=Путь тяжелый — награда больше: История бывшего сотрудника ФСБ, осужденного за государственную измену|work=Meduza|access-date=2018-04-10|language=ru-RU}}

Pavlov represented interests of Evgeny Petrin who had worked in the Moscow Patriarchy department of external church relations and was detained in June 2014 upon accusation of high treason.{{Cite news|url=https://themoscowtimes.com/news/alleged-fsb-agent-working-in-orthodox-church-arrested-for-high-treason-43694|title=Alleged FSB Agent Working in Orthodox Church Arrested for High Treason|access-date=2018-04-10|language=en}} According to the investigation, Petrin had provided to the CIA representatives a piece of information comprising state secret when he had worked in the department of external church relations. Petrin himself stated that he was an FSB Captain and had worked in the church department under cover. His brother stated that Evgeny had detected a Ukrainian businessman who, according to Petrin's information, “had assisted to dissent between the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] and the Ukrainian one, had performed anti-Russian activities in Ukraine, and had recruited people, e.g., in Russian government bodies”. Evgeny Petrin more than once asked the security bodies to initiate a criminal case against that person. However, according to his brother, neither the Russian Orthodox Church nor the FSB had been interested in that so that “they decided to discredit Evgeny, to make him a traitor”.{{Cite news|url=https://meduza.io/feature/2017/05/26/put-tyazhelyy-nagrada-bolshe|title=Путь тяжелый — награда больше: История бывшего сотрудника ФСБ, осужденного за государственную измену|work=Meduza|access-date=2018-04-10|language=ru-RU}}

On 14 June 2016 Petrin was sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony and to a fine of 200 thousand rubles for espionage in favor of the US.{{Cite news|url=https://themoscowtimes.com/news/ex-russian-church-employee-receives-12-year-sentence-for-treason-53281|title=Ex-Russian Church Employee Receives 12-Year Sentence For Treason|access-date=2018-04-10|language=en}} Pavlov, as Petrin's defending attorney, says that Petrin was “coerced” into confession. Pavlov assesses Petrin's sentence as “a compromise between severity of accusation and failure of evidence”: “The prosecutor demanded a cruel punishment, 19 years of imprisonment, and the Moscow City Court sentenced Evgeny to a minimal term of 12 years. Had he been really guilty, they should have punished him to the full extent. The court decision on a minimal term shows that it wend hard with the prosecution”.{{Cite news|url=https://meduza.io/feature/2017/05/26/put-tyazhelyy-nagrada-bolshe|title=Путь тяжелый — награда больше: История бывшего сотрудника ФСБ, осужденного за государственную измену|work=Meduza|access-date=2018-04-10|language=ru-RU}}

On 14 June 2016 Petrin was sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony and to a fine of 200 thousand rubles for espionage in favor of the US.{{Cite news|url=https://themoscowtimes.com/news/ex-russian-church-employee-receives-12-year-sentence-for-treason-53281|title=Ex-Russian Church Employee Receives 12-Year Sentence For Treason|access-date=2018-04-10|language=en}} Pavlov, as Petrin's defending attorney, says that Petrin was “coerced” into confession. Pavlov assesses Petrin's sentence as “a compromise between severity of accusation and failure of evidence”: “The prosecutor demanded a cruel punishment, 19 years of imprisonment, and the Moscow City Court sentenced Evgeny to a minimal term of 12 years. Had he been really guilty, they should have punished him to the full extent. The court decision on a minimal term shows that it wend hard with the prosecution”.{{Cite news|url=https://meduza.io/feature/2017/05/26/put-tyazhelyy-nagrada-bolshe|title=Путь тяжелый — награда больше: История бывшего сотрудника ФСБ, осужденного за государственную измену|work=Meduza|access-date=2018-04-10|language=ru-RU}}

'''The Natalia Sharina case'''

'''The Natalia Sharina case'''

Ivan Pavlov defended [[Natalya Sharina|Natalia Sharina]], ex-Director of the Library for Ukrainian Literature in Moscow, accused of distribution of extremist literature through the library (Article 282 of the Criminal Code of Russia, part 2) and of misspending of money spent for lawyers; work (Article 160, part 4).{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/29/russian-police-detain-natalya-sharina-ukrainian-library-director-moscow|title=Russian police detain director of Ukrainian library in Moscow|last=Moscow|first=Associated Press in|date=2015-10-29|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-04-10}} Sharina was detained in 2015 and spent more than a year under home arrest. Employees of the library told that the books Sharina allegedly had distributed in fact had been planted within the search.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-russia-library/head-of-moscows-ukrainian-library-convicted-of-incitement-against-russians-idUSKBN18W12T|title=Head of Moscow's Ukrainian library convicted of incitement against...|last=Osborn|first=Andrew|work=U.S.|access-date=2018-04-10|language=en-US}} Sharina's defense team pointed vagueness and absurdness of the charges against her: she had not been in charge of the library stock acquisition and fees for the lawyers had been permitted by the Department for Culture of the Government of Moscow. Finally, the court found Sharina guilty and gave her a 4-year suspended sentence.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40162173|title=Russia convicts Ukraine library ex-head|date=2017-06-05|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-04-10|language=en-GB}}

Ivan Pavlov defended [[Natalya Sharina|Natalia Sharina]], ex-Director of the Library for Ukrainian Literature in Moscow, accused of distribution of extremist literature through the library (Article 282 of the Criminal Code of Russia, part 2) and of misspending of money spent for lawyers; work (Article 160, part 4).{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/29/russian-police-detain-natalya-sharina-ukrainian-library-director-moscow|title=Russian police detain director of Ukrainian library in Moscow|last=Moscow|first=Associated Press in|date=2015-10-29|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-04-10}} Sharina was detained in 2015 and spent more than a year under home arrest. Employees of the library told that the books Sharina allegedly had distributed in fact had been planted within the search.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-russia-library/head-of-moscows-ukrainian-library-convicted-of-incitement-against-russians-idUSKBN18W12T|title=Head of Moscow's Ukrainian library convicted of incitement against...|last=Osborn|first=Andrew|work=U.S.|access-date=2018-04-10|language=en-US}} Sharina's defense team pointed vagueness and absurdness of the charges against her: she had not been in charge of the library stock acquisition and fees for the lawyers had been permitted by the Department for Culture of the [[Government of Moscow]]. Finally, the court found Sharina guilty and gave her a 4-year suspended sentence.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40162173|title=Russia convicts Ukraine library ex-head|date=2017-06-05|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-04-10|language=en-GB}}

'''The case of Scientologists in St. Petersburg'''

'''The case of Scientologists in St. Petersburg'''

'''The Igor Baranov case'''

'''The Igor Baranov case'''

In 2013, Pavlov achieved termination of the criminal persecution of Igor Baranov, Professor of the Baltic State Technical University (St.-Petersburg, Russia), accused of “an attempt to cross the state border with materials that can be used for production of massive weapons” (the material in question was Baranov's paper report for an international research conference).{{Cite web|url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/25005674.html|title=Прекращено преследование физика Игоря Баранова|website=Радио Свобода|language=ru|access-date=2018-04-10}}

In 2013, Pavlov achieved termination of the criminal persecution of Igor Baranov, Professor of the [[Baltic State Technical University]] (St.-Petersburg, Russia), accused of “an attempt to cross the state border with materials that can be used for production of massive weapons” (the material in question was Baranov's paper report for an international research conference).{{Cite web|url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/25005674.html|title=Прекращено преследование физика Игоря Баранова|website=Радио Свобода|language=ru|access-date=2018-04-10}}

'''The Raoul Wallenberg case'''

'''The Raoul Wallenberg case'''