Alexander Bakhtin
Alexander Bakhtin, born 1971, Moscow Oblast. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Alexander Bakhtin's case on "fakes" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”. Sentence (August 11, 2023): 6 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban on administering pages on the Internet for three years. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 2, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Moscow Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 14, 2023.
In brief
Moscow Oblast · Mytishchi · Animal rights defenders · Anti-war cases
Sentence
6 years
of imprisonment in a general regime colony, ban on administering pages on the Internet for three years.
Upheld April 16, 2024
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries (based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on grounds of hatred or enmity in relation to any social group)
Full wording of the charges
There are three episodes related to VKontakte posts in the case: a post published on March 1st, 2022, i.e. before Article 207.3 was added to the Criminal Code, about the Russian army destroying civilians in Ukraine and accusing Putin of betraying his own mother who is a Leningrad Siege survivor; a post of March 9th, 2022 about the deaths of animal defenders and volunteers in Ukraine; and a post of April 6th about the crimes of the Russian military in Bucha.
Latest event
April 16, 2024 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, June 14, 2023
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast
· Persecution begins
Alexander Bakhtin's case on "fakes" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Criminal case
Alexander Bakhtin's case on "fakes" about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
- Case number
- 1-328/2023
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 6, Moscow Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
140405 Московская область, г. Коломна, мкр. Колычево, Колычевский проезд д. 6, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН по Московской области», Бахтин Александр Сергеевич, 1971 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Mytishchi near Moscow. A case was opened against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces. Bakhtin was taken into custody. On August 11th, 2023, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.
Alexander Bakhtin suffers from bronchitis and heart failure.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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