{"id":19,"date":"2024-04-09T01:23:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T22:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/?p=19"},"modified":"2024-09-30T14:23:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T11:23:02","slug":"who-is-ilya-shakursky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/en\/who-is-ilya-shakursky\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Ilya shakursky?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19\" class=\"elementor elementor-19\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19f53e8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"19f53e8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2ea354 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b2ea354\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"924\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/shakurski-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-39\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/shakurski-3.jpg 924w, https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/shakurski-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/shakurski-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/shakurski-3-850x567.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a27f470 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a27f470\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71ec687 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71ec687\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Ilya &#8220;Spike&#8221; Shakursky is a Russian anarchist, antifascist, and eco-activist, part of the &#8220;second&#8221; generation of the Antifa movement in Russia. Born on April 10, 1996, in Mokshan, Penza region, he actively participated in antifascist and anarchist actions from 2013 to 2017 in Penza and Moscow.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d961892 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d961892\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7914e06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7914e06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 15-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">EARLY ACTIVISM<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b6299f e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8b6299f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84ec759 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"84ec759\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/photo_2023-11-25_19-39-01-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-83\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/photo_2023-11-25_19-39-01-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/photo_2023-11-25_19-39-01-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/photo_2023-11-25_19-39-01.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d11bc25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d11bc25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Ilya&#8217;s journey into the Antifa movement started with a passion for punk rock music. Inspired by anarcho-punk bands, he organized direct action protests as a schoolboy. He led classmates in cleaning the Moksha River, sparking regular &#8220;Subbotniki&#8221; clean-up events.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\">\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Additionally, Ilya organized the first freemarket at his school.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a29c2a4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a29c2a4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e51e2d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e51e2d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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His activism extended beyond political boundaries as he supported homeless animal shelters, organized food not bombs initiatives, and contributed to musical projects. Amidst his activism, Shakursky pursued academic endeavors, enrolling in the Faculty of Physics, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences at Penza State University. <span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">In the antifascist movement, Ilya became known around 2013 after a controversial video showed him and his girlfriend surrounded by about twenty neo-Nazis. They attempted to provoke him.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad3fdc8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ad3fdc8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dada137 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dada137\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/\u0414\u0438\u0437\u0430\u0439\u043d-\u0431\u0435\u0437-\u043d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f-10-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-110\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/\u0414\u0438\u0437\u0430\u0439\u043d-\u0431\u0435\u0437-\u043d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f-10-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/\u0414\u0438\u0437\u0430\u0439\u043d-\u0431\u0435\u0437-\u043d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f-10-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/\u0414\u0438\u0437\u0430\u0439\u043d-\u0431\u0435\u0437-\u043d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f-10-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/\u0414\u0438\u0437\u0430\u0439\u043d-\u0431\u0435\u0437-\u043d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f-10.png 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e769db8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e769db8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2042c72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2042c72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/en\/feature\/2019\/08\/29\/what-is-center-e\">\u201cCenter E\u201d<\/a> became interested in the popular video. Shakursky was summoned to police stations and Center &#8220;E,&#8221; where cooperation proposals were made. They said:<\/span><\/p><ul><li class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><em><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">&#8220;You&#8217;re an antifascist, so show us the fascists.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/li><\/ul><p><em><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Ilya refused, leading to threats:<\/span><\/em><\/p><ul><li class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><em><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">&#8220;Don&#8217;t want to be friends? Well, we&#8217;ll be enemies.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">He later met with an FSB officer who offered cooperation, which he also refused. This led to problems at university, with FSB officers trying to discredit him by portraying him as a neo-Nazi. Despite this, he continued to study anarchist theory, write articles, and participate in concerts and rallies commemorating murdered antifascists.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d2e1a1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2d2e1a1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aba0d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2aba0d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NETWORK CASE:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5e6dbf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d5e6dbf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82dd512 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82dd512\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ilya Shakursky was arrested in Penza on October 18, 2017. During the search, weapons and an explosive device were allegedly found in his apartment. Shakursky claims they were planted by FSB officers. Despite initial confession, he later stated it was coerced under torture by his lawyer Mikhail Grigoryan. His mother&#8217;s complaint against Grigoryan highlighted his failure to address reports of torture.<\/p><p>The torture became public knowledge on February 7, 2018, when his new lawyer, Anatoly Vakhterov, uncovered it. Shakursky retracted his confession in May 2018. FSB officers allegedly threatened his friend Victoria Frolova to coerce another confession in September 2018.<\/p><p>In July 2019, it emerged that files on Shakursky\u2019s laptop were tampered with after his arrest. Prosecution claims he was a scout for the &#8220;Network&#8221; terrorist group, responsible for reconnaissance, bomb-making, and survival training.<\/p><p>On December 26, 2019, the prosecution sought a 16-year sentence.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a62f0f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9a62f0f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ad0e5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ad0e5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/40c9b3bec69042f29df8b4d32dc88d2d.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/40c9b3bec69042f29df8b4d32dc88d2d.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/40c9b3bec69042f29df8b4d32dc88d2d-300x226.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-614dae4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"614dae4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b746d50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b746d50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In a deeply flawed legal process, Shakursky was sentenced <strong>to 16 years in a maximum-security prison<\/strong> on February 10, 2020. The charges ranged from organizing activities for the &#8220;Network&#8221; terrorist community to possession of weapons and explosives. Despite maintaining his innocence, Shakursky&#8217;s refusal to admit guilt contributed to one of the harshest sentences in the case.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4543b6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b4543b6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a53a8ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a53a8ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"925\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/content.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-42\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/content.jpg 925w, https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/content-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/content-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/content-850x566.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b61f23b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b61f23b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9a9bd7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a9a9bd7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b9a11d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6b9a11d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/photo_2024-04-09_23-17-52-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-74\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/photo_2024-04-09_23-17-52-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/photo_2024-04-09_23-17-52-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/photo_2024-04-09_23-17-52-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/photo_2024-04-09_23-17-52-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ilyashakursky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/photo_2024-04-09_23-17-52.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e681b7f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e681b7f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4e1f71 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c4e1f71\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c96487 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1c96487\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47b5aac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47b5aac\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a547294 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a547294\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ilya Shakursky&#8217;s story epitomizes the struggle against injustice and state repression. Despite facing grave challenges, he remains a symbol of resilience and unwavering commitment to his principles. His fight is not just for his freedom but for justice and fairness for all.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55d10dd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"55d10dd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c546ae0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c546ae0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FREEDOM TO ILYA SHAKURSKY AND TO ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS!<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ilya &#8220;Spike&#8221; Shakursky is a Russian anarchist, antifascist, and eco-activist, part of the &#8220;second&#8221; 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