Fedor Bakhov
- Criminal Code
- Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Cases related to mass actions
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial Human Rights Centre, 10 July 2012
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Case summary
On 10 June 2012 detained, during interrogation, following the advice of the appointed lawyer gave a confession; accused of participation in the mass riots in Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012 - participated in breaking the police cordon; for six days he was not allowed to meet with a lawyer; pressure was exerted to induce them to denounce the people whom the investigation declared the organizers. He was in pre-trial detention in June-November 2012, then was released on his recognizance not to leave. He was amnestied in January 2014.
Others charged under Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
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