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Dmitry Bagrash is seeking a lawyer (not necessarily based in Berlin) who is willing to challenge pressure from the Berlin Prosecutor General’s Office, work with the press and publish all incoming and outgoing written submissions.

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📄 New, 01.10.2026: Court sets aside video-call ban — document chain and supervisory complaints →
08.09.2026: 770 pages of original documents published — criminal complaint under § 339 StGB →
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Press releases, media reports and solidarity

All press releases · Media reports · Solidarity actions · Dossiers · Contact for journalists

📋 Press releases 📰 Media reports 🔍 Dossiers ✉️ For journalists
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Email: bagrash.presse@gmail.com  · Press ID: 2135610
Post: Dmitry Bagrash, JVA Heidering, Ernst-Stargardt-Allee 1, 14979 Großbeeren
All documents may be freely used for journalistic purposes. Response times are delayed due to the conditions of imprisonment.

Press releases by Dmitry Bagrash — in chronological order
📅 2021–2022 📍 Berlin
Case 0 press release: “How I insulted the Berlin prosecution service”
Detailed account of events before imprisonment — anti-Putin demonstrations, confiscation of the banner “Putin is a Killer” on the instructions of Senior Public Prosecutor Raupach (OStA), Julian Röpcke’s BILD article, OSCE mentions. Explains the political background to the later arrest.
Drive folder with the full text → → Case 0
📅 22 July 2024 📍 Berlin Regional Court I
Dmitry Bagrash’s final statement before Berlin Regional Court
In his final statement, Bagrash described his political activity as an anti-Putin activist, explained why the allegations were false and announced that he would initiate investigations against OStA Wachs after his release. Judge Groß interrupted him: “That is irrelevant.” The sentence was 5 years and 4 months.
Judgment and final statement → → Case 1
📅 05 May 2025 📍 JVA Moabit correctional facility, Berlin 📨 40+ recipients
Hunger strike I — over perversion of justice through inaction by the Berlin Senate Department
Dmitry Bagrash announces a hunger strike from 05 May 2025 and publicly alleges Rechtsbeugung (perversion of justice) by the Berlin Senate Department for Justice (Senator Dr Felor Badenberg, CDU). The email went to over 40 recipients — including Federal President Steinmeier, Bundestag member Thorsten Frei (MdB), Strack-Zimmermann (MEP), Lagodinsky (MEP), the newsrooms of Spiegel, FAZ, Süddeutsche, BILD, Zeit and Handelsblatt, and OHCHR, HRW and Amnesty International.
What specifically is being denied to me: Access to the files · Free choice of defence counsel · Correspondence with courts · Access to the court registry official
Original document → → Case 2: hunger strike
📅 02 August 2025 📍 JVA Heidering, Großbeeren 📨 Authorities + 20 newsrooms
Announcement of hunger strike II — from 04.08.2025, over the continued denial of access to justice
Two days before the second hunger strike begins, Bagrash sends a public announcement to Senator Dr Badenberg, State Secretary Feuerberg and the Berlin press office — simultaneously copying 20 media outlets and organisations: FAZ, Süddeutsche, taz, FR, Handelsblatt, Die Presse, NZZ, Cicero, Spiegel, Welt, Focus, Stern, Zeit, NTV, HRW, Amnesty, OHCHR, EGMR and ICC.
Core point: He says the hunger strike is the only remaining means after coordinated action by the prison, court and Senate Department denied him access for weeks to submissions subject to deadlines and to an application to the European Court of Human Rights.
Recipients (TO / CC) (show)
senatorin@senjustva.berlin.de · staatssekretaer@senjustva.berlin.de · pressestelle@senjustv.berlin.de
+ CC: info@faz.de · redaktion@sueddeutsche.de · info@taz.de · redaktion@handelsblatt.com · redaktion@diepresse.com · info@nzz.ch · redaktion@cicero.de · hinweise@spiegel.de · digitalredaktion@welt.de · redaktion@focus.de · leserbriefe@stern.de · redaktion@zeit.de · kontakt@ntv.de · office@ohchr.org · registry@echr.coe.int · registry@icc-cpi.int · press@hrw.org · info@amnesty.de
Original document (Google Drive) → → Access to justice denied
📅 05 August 2025 📍 JVA Heidering, Großbeeren 📨 Authorities + 20 media outlets + ECHR + ICC
Hunger strike II — ongoing violations of fundamental rights at JVA Heidering
After the transfer to JVA Heidering, the systematic obstruction continues. On 01.08.2025, wing officer Mattusch opened and withheld a letter containing ECHR documents — it was handed over only after the second hunger strike began. Bagrash demands criminal proceedings against the prison management, a disciplinary examination concerning §§ 202, 339, 258a StGB, and restoration of access to justice.
“In your view, is it compatible with the free democratic constitutional order for a person in Berlin in 2025 to be forced into a hunger strike simply to be able to make an application to the ECHR?” — Closing question to Senator Badenberg, 05.08.2025
Drive folder with Annex 64_F2 → → Access to justice denied
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📅 09 September 2025 📍 JVA Heidering, Großbeeren 📨 50+ recipients — largest press release
Open letter: current obstruction of justice · Hunger strike as the only means · Request for immediate relief within 7 days
The most extensive press release in the case — an open letter to Senator Badenberg, sent simultaneously to more than 50 recipients in the justice system, media, human rights organisations and international institutions. Bagrash specifically identifies irreparable harm due to the continuing obstruction of justice and a risk of recurrence — demanding relief within 7 days.
Full recipient list (50+) (show)
Authorities: senatorin@senjust.berlin.de · pressestelle@senjustv.berlin.de
National print media: redaktion@faz.de · presse@faz.de · redaktion@sueddeutsche.de · redaktion@taz.de · politik@fr.de · handelsblatt@vhb.de · spiegel@spiegel.de · investigativ@spiegel.de · online-cvd@zeit.de · redaktion@zeit.de · redaktion@welt.de · leserbriefe@tagesspiegel.de · online@tagesspiegel.de · redaktion@focus.de · redaktion@berliner-zeitung.de · chefredaktion@diepresse.com · innenpolitik@derstandard.at · redaktion@tages-anzeiger.ch
TV / radio: info@ndr.de · panorama@ndr.de · monitor@wdr.de · investigativ@ndr.de · investigativ@wdr.de · frontal@zdf.de · heute@zdf.de · info@ard.de · br24@br.de · kontraste@rbb-online.de · kontakt@deutschlandfunk.de · redaktion@tagesschau.de · redaktion@phoenix.de · newsroom@rtl.de
Investigative / digital media: redaktion@correctiv.org · kontakt@netzpolitik.org · srf@srf.ch · investigativ@funk.net
International: newsdesk@reuters.com · berlin@ap.org · editors@theguardian.com · letters@nytimes.com
NGOs / human rights: info@reporter-ohne-grenzen.de · info@amnesty.de · urgent-action@amnesty.de · presse@ecchr.eu · info@ecchr.eu · contact@hrw.org · press@hrw.org · info@verfassungsblog.de
“I state for the record: at present — right now!! — I have no access to justice.” — Dmitry Bagrash, open letter, 09.09.2025
Original document (Google Drive) → → Access to justice denied → Appeal
📅 21 December 2025 📍 JVA Heidering 📨 Lawyers · Intermediaries · Journalists
The Bagrash case — documented procedural problems and the role of Senior Public Prosecutor Wachs
A detailed documentary letter identifying specific procedural errors and analysing Senior Public Prosecutor Wachs’s central role in the prosecution — with direct references to seized evidence and declarations in lieu of oath submitted to the Federal Court of Justice.
Core issue: Systematic suppression of Revision (appeal on points of law) documents through coordinated action by the court, prison and prosecution service — identifying specific persons responsible under § 339 StGB (Rechtsbeugung — perversion of justice).
Original document (analysis / Case 4) → → Analysis (web page)
📅 10 June 2026 📍 Berlin Regional Court I, courtroom A704/3 📨 taz · Spiegel · ZDF · HRW · Amnesty and others
Press release and documents: court hearing on 24.06.2026 — two-thirds hearing
Announcement of the hearing on early release (§ 57 StGB) before Berlin Regional Court I, sent with background documents to newsrooms and human rights organisations.
Contact: bagrash.presse@gmail.com
📅 18 June 2026 📍 JVA Heidering 📨 taz · Spiegel · ZDF · HRW · Amnesty and others
Update: incomplete documents ahead of the two-thirds hearing (Annex 133_F2/134_F2)
Follow-up to the press release of 11.06.2026 — points to incomplete documents transmitted for the court hearing on 24.06.2026.
Contact: bagrash.presse@gmail.com
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📅 24 June – 08 July 2026 📍 Berlin Regional Court I / JVA Heidering 📨 Journalists · Supporters
Refusal of early release — sofortige Beschwerde (immediate appeal) and Open Statement
On 24.06.2026, Berlin Regional Court I refused early release (Az. 589 StVK 86/26) — the decision was received on 01.07.2026. Dmitry Bagrash promptly lodged an sofortige Beschwerde (immediate appeal) and published an Open Statement on the decision. In his own assessment, this is the first order justified directly by his political activity and public criticism.
Journalistic support: On 08.07.2026, Tatiana Grigoreva sent her own press pitch to German-language newsrooms and documented two solidarity rallies (12 and 24 June 2026) with photographs.
Annex 139 — order of Berlin Regional Court → Annex 140 — sofortige Beschwerde (immediate appeal) → Annex 141 — Open Statement → → Event in the chronology archive
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📅 08 September 2026 📍 JVA Heidering 📨 Press · Members of parliament · Lawyers
770 pages of original documents published — criminal complaint under § 339 StGB against a judge and prosecutor
On 02.09.2026, Dmitry Bagrash filed a criminal complaint under § 339 StGB against Presiding Judge Groß and Senior Public Prosecutor Wachs. No decision has been made on the allegation; the presumption of innocence applies. On 08.09.2026, the complete documentation was published — around 770 pages, 320 dated events, with an exculpatory interpretation and identification of missing evidence for each allegation.
Read the press release → The documents in full → Groß dossier → Wachs dossier →
Media reports about Dmitry Bagrash
Elena Vasiljeva · 19 May 2026 · Blog post · In German and Russian
“Dmitri Bagrash, or the story of how the FSB made a laughing stock of the entire German Ministry of Justice”
Investigative research: how Russian intelligence services instrumentalised the Berlin justice system. Key propositions: Not a single piece of direct evidence of an attempted murder; the telephone was used by Ukrainian refugees; the expert confirmed the physical inability to ignite; the judgment initially omitted all statutory provisions; the so-called “exile opposition” acted as an FSB tool. Available in German for the first time — with the full article text for Google indexing.
▶ Video accompanying the article
Read the article (German, full text) → Read the article (Russian) → ▶ YouTube
Elena Vasiljeva · 14 June 2026 · Blog post · In German (original)
“Stop the deportation of Dmitry Bagrash!”
The second article on the same blog — unlike the first (19.05.), Elena Vasiljeva wrote this one herself in German from the outset. She examines the judgment’s reasoning point by point (canister, 13 days without traces of ignition, the fire-safety expert’s report, DNA contributors who were not questioned) and quotes the statement submitted to the foreigners authority. She also places the case within the wider debate on the deportation of Russian military service refusers to Germany.
Read the article (German, original) →
RUSMONITOR · 09 July 2026 · Russian-language online magazine
“Dmitry Bagrash’s open statement after the hearing of 24.06.2026”
Full publication of Dmitry Bagrash’s own Open Statement (Annex 141_F2) on the refusal of early release — in Russian, with its own reach independent of the website.
Read the article (Russian) →
NEWSru.co.il · 4 June 2026 · Israeli news portal · Original in Russian
“German authorities are considering the expulsion of Dmitry Bagrash, an opponent of the Putin regime, to Russia”
German summary (editorial, not a translation of the original text): The Berlin State Office for Immigration has initiated proceedings that may lead to the expulsion of the founder of Unkremlin e. V. from Germany. The report cites the judgment of Berlin Regional Court I of 22.07.2024 (five years four months, final since 08.05.2025) and records that Bagrash denies committing the act. It refers to Unkremlin e. V.’s designation as an “undesirable organisation” in Russia, the resulting criminal liability for establishing and leading such an organisation, over 30 years of residence in Germany since 1992 (admission through Jewish immigration), his minor son in Germany and regular telephone contact with him. The portal further reports that his Russian passport expired in May 2024 and that approaching Russian consular authorities is considered unsafe; funds for legal representation are also lacking.
Read the original article (Russian) → The documented expulsion proceedings →
Weekly vigils outside the German embassy · Since May 2026 · Video documentation
Solidarity actions by Armenian activists
Since May 2026, a group of Armenian activists has held regular vigils outside the German embassy and documented them on YouTube. The recordings are in Russian without German subtitles; they are linked here as proof of the occurrence and dates of the actions, rather than as a source for their content.
Further coverage — Russian-language media, June/July 2026
Collection: RUSMONITOR, wschody.net, SOTA Vision, Telegram channels
A list compiled by Tatiana Grigoreva — not yet individually described, but all links work and are worth checking/translating:
  • wschody.net (rally on 12.06.2026, refugees on migration policy): Article →
  • wschody.net (Bagrash’s own statement after the judgment of 24.06.): Article →
  • wschody.net (rally on 24.06.2026 — “Espionage trail in the Bagrash case”): Article →
  • RUSMONITOR (earlier background articles): “Putinism without borders” → · “Hunger strike for justice” →
  • SOTA Vision (27.10.2025, ECHR application): Article →
  • Telegram — Rusnews, Activatica, SOTA Project, SOTA Vision Media, Astra Press: several short reports on the rallies of 12.06. and 24.06.2026 in Berlin (channel names available if needed).
Note: these articles are works by third parties — linked on this page, not reproduced. A later German summary of individual articles would be possible, but should be an original editorial summary rather than a translation/copy of the original text.
The Insider · 04 October 2023 · Video investigation · Original in Russian
“Did a Russian activist try to set fire to the RIA Novosti newsroom in Germany?”
German summary (editorial, not a translation of the original): A video investigation by The Insider into the allegation that is the subject of proceedings before Berlin Regional Court I. The original title is “Akzija s podschogom”; the German title is an original translation. To my knowledge, it also features Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinemann-Grüder, whom I named in my final statement as a witness that my activity against Russian agents and propagandists was conducted exclusively by lawful and open means.

The date is the key point. The publication appeared nine months before the judgment of 22.07.2024 and around six weeks before the hearing of BKA expert Dr Cox on 15.11.2023. The questions raised by this investigation were therefore already being asked publicly while the trial was ongoing.

The recording is in Russian without German subtitles. It is linked here and not reproduced; it is mirrored on the Unkremlin channel.
Watch the video investigation (Russian) → Political activity — context → The annotated judgment →
Julian Röpcke · BILD newspaper · 20 September 2021
“Berlin police stop anti-Putin protest”
Report on the confiscation of the “Putin is a Killer” banner on the instructions of OStA Raupach during the demonstration outside the Russian embassy on the day of the State Duma election. With photographs and a description of the police operation.
Article on bild.de →
OSCE Permanent Council · PC.DEL/526/22 · 08 April 2022
Official OSCE statement — mention of Unkremlin e.V.
On page 2, paragraph 7, the Russian delegation expressly named Unkremlin e.V. as an example of “Russophobic activities” — refuting Berlin Regional Court’s assertion that Bagrash’s political activity was “insignificant”.
OSCE documents in the Drive folder →
Lenta.ru · REN TV · 07.05.2022  |  Sputnik · 02.02.2023
Russian media coverage of the USBV (improvised explosive device) on Lepsiusstraße
On 07.05.2022, Russian state media reported on a “canister with wires”, citing Feoktistov as their source. On 02.02.2023, Feoktistov named Bagrash in Sputnik as the “presumed” perpetrator — while the Berlin prosecution service simultaneously said there were “no indications, no denunciation”.
→ Analysis, point 9
United Nations · Document A/80/518–S/2025/698 · 2025
UN document A/80/518–S/2025/698
The UN document contains references to non-renewal of the residence permit, an order to leave and confiscation of the passport in connection with the Bagrash case.
UN Digital Library →

Do you know of other media reports? Please write to bagrash.presse@gmail.com

Civic support and rallies
📅 12 and 24 June 2026 📍 Berlin
Solidarity rallies — organised by Tatiana Grigoreva and Oleg Ponomarev
Independently of the official press work, supporters organised two rallies in support of Dmitry Bagrash — on 12 June and on the day of the two-thirds hearing, 24 June 2026. Tatiana Grigoreva also sent her own press letter to German-language newsrooms (08.07.2026) and offered to arrange interviews and video calls with Dmitry Bagrash from prison.
Images from both rallies are available (photo files from 12.06. and 24.06.2026) — not yet incorporated into the website, because the photographs currently exist only as email attachments. For publication, they would first need to be transferred to a publicly accessible folder (Google Drive or similar).
Contact: bagrash.presse@gmail.com
📅 May – July 2026 (several dates) 📍 Yerevan, Armenia
Solidarity rallies outside the German embassy in Yerevan
Independently of Berlin, several rallies took place outside the German embassy in Yerevan: in May 2026, on 20.06.2026 and 28.06.2026, and another on 05.07.2026 under the slogan “Dima, hold on!” — documented by Activatica and the Rusnews Telegram channel.
Dossiers — brief thematic overviews
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Dossier: obstruction of access to justice

Systematic denial of access to the court registry official, to the Revision and to the ECHR — documented by 10 declarations in lieu of oath.

→ Case 2
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Dossier: OStA Wachs and perversion of justice

Senior Public Prosecutor Wachs’s role in the investigation, bringing of charges and blocking of the Revision. Criminal complaints under § 339 StGB have been filed.

→ Analysis
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Dossier: Jewish Community

116 days without contact with the Jewish Community — a violation of Art. 4 GG and Art. 9 EMRK. Access enabled only on the final day for the Revision.

→ Case 3
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Dossier: mail monitoring

Letters containing ECHR documents were opened, delivered in replacement envelopes or withheld — a breach of §§ 202, 206 StGB.

→ Analysis, point 6
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Dossier: FSB links and political persecution

Connection between Russian state media (Feoktistov/Sputnik), OSCE mentions and the start of investigations against Bagrash.

→ Case 0
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Dossier: ECHR application

A 313-page individual application (Reg. 39) concerning Art. 6, 9, 13, 34 EMRK. Its submission itself was severely impeded by institutional obstruction.

→ Case 2
For journalists and parliamentarians

7 questions to the Berlin justice authorities — so far unanswered

  1. What procedural grounds were given for denying access to the files — and are those grounds documented in a verifiable way?
  2. Was the role of media narratives (Russian state media, Feoktistov) considered in investigative decisions and the assessment of evidence?
  3. What contacts existed between prosecution witnesses associated with Russian state media and the Berlin investigative authorities?
  4. How is it possible that a prison employee, when attending the court registry official, knew the content of written submissions subject to the confidentiality duty of Tiergarten Local Court?
  5. Why has the application to discharge appointed defence counsel remained undecided since December 2024?
  6. The first criminal complaint against Presiding Judge at the Regional Court Groß (VRiLG) and OStA Wachs (2024) received no case reference and no response. A second criminal complaint, based on § 339 StGB, was filed on 02.09.2026. No decision has been made on either allegation; the presumption of innocence applies. Why has there still been no communication about the first complaint?
  7. Was the confiscation of the “Putin is a Killer” banner on 17.09.2021 by OStA Raupach — precisely on the day of the Russian State Duma election — a coincidence?
Video messages — coming soon
Dmitry Bagrash plans short video messages addressed directly to journalists, members of parliament and international organisations. They will be published here as soon as they become available.
Unkremlin YouTube channel → www.unkremlin.com →
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