Vadim Prokhorov is a prominent Russian human rights lawyer who has defended critics of the Kremlin, including opposition politicians and anti-corruption campaigners including Boris Nemtsov, Ilya Yashin, Vladimir Kara-Murza and Vladimir Bukovsky.
Prokhorov graduated with honors from the Moscow State University and has been practicing law since 1999. Member of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers of the Russian Federation and the Moscow Chamber of Advocates.
Participated as a lawyer and a representative in numerous proceedings including those held at the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the European Court on Human Rights.
Prokhorov has been representing human rights defender and opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza for 10 years. In the weeks leading up to Kara-Murza’s sentencing to 25 years of strict- regime, Prokhorov received threats of potential criminal prosecution. This prompted him to leave Russia.
Currently, Vadim Prokhorov continues to actively work as a human rights lawyer in exile defending Russian political prisoners and Ukrainian war prisoners and civilian hostages, held captive by Putin’s regime.