| Vladimir Valeryevich Osechkin | |
| Native Name: | Russian: Владимир Валерьевич Осечкин |
| Birth Date: | 14 June 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Samara, Soviet Union |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Citizenship: | Russia |
| Alma Mater: | Samara State University |
| Occupation: | Civil rights activist |
| Known For: | his participation in the Russian opposition and human rights movement |
| Website: | @MrGulagunet |
Vladimir Valeryevich Osechkin (; born 14 June 1981, Samara) is a Russian-born human rights activist who operates the anti-corruption website Gulagu.net from Paris, the city to which he fled in 2015.[1] [2] [3]
In November 2021 Osechkin was placed on a wanted list by Russian state after leaking a large archive of documents, photos and videos with hundreds of cases of rape and torture of inmates in Russian prisons directed by prison officials.[4] The archive was collected by whistleblower Sergei Saveliev. Osechkin also used a number of other sources in Russian prisons and the FSB.[5] As a result of Osechkin's activities, 18 Saratov regional prison employees have been fired and five criminal cases have been initiated following an internal review.[2]
In August 2022, Osechkin urged former Russian soldier and dissident Pavel Filatyev to flee the country with the help of Gulagu.net, which Filatyev did on 13 August 2022.[6] Later Osechkin has announced that Gulagu.net would be pausing the programme for helping dissident soldiers flee Russia due to Pavel Filatyev "admitting to hiding information about the murders of Ukrainians," as well as refusing to uphold his promise of sending the money Filatyev would receive from writing his war memoir to Ukrainian funds.[7]