Pyotr Verzilov returned to Russia to complete his school education, then studied philosophy at Moscow State University.
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However, because of his residency Pyotr Verzilov obtained a Canadian passport and residency rights.
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Pyotr Verzilov took part in the Euromaidan protest in Kyiv in December 2013.
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Pyotr Verzilov's former wife Nadezhda Tolokonnikova is a member of the Russian feminist punk rock group Pussy Riot who, in February 2012, staged a protest inside the Moscow Cathedral.
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Subsequent to their arrest and imprisonment Pyotr Verzilov became a prominent representative and spokesperson for Pussy Riot.
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Pyotr Verzilov lobbied the singer Madonna for support prior to her 2012 Moscow concert.
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On 14 September 2012, Pyotr Verzilov was interviewed by the BBC's Zeinab Badawi for the HARDtalk programme.
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Pyotr Verzilov is among the founders of news website MediaZona, which since 2014 has reported critically on the legal system and law enforcement practice.
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On 21 June 2020, Pyotr Verzilov was taken from his apartment and held by anti-extremist police.
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In 2021, Pyotr Verzilov was named a foreign agent by the Russian government, without listing a reason.
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In 2023, an arrest warrant was issued for Pyotr Verzilov for reporting information and photos about the Bucha massacre in Ukraine on his social media.
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In November 2023, Pyotr Verzilov was sentenced in absentia to 8.5 years in prison for spreading "fake" news.
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On 12 September 2018, it was reported by the media that Pyotr Verzilov had been hospitalized and was in critical condition in a toxicological department of the Bakhrushin City Clinical Hospital in Moscow.
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Pyotr Verzilov's relatives suspected poisoning to be the cause, saying that he didn't take such medicine.