Vitaly Barinov
Vitaly Barinov, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Charges: Article 119 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Threat of murder or serious bodily harm); Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)); “The case of the shooting of a banner advertising military service”. Sentence (April 21, 2023): 2 years 10 days' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Krasnoyarsk Krai · Kansk · Teachers · Anti-war cases
Sentence
2 years
10 days' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
Upheld July 13, 2023
Charges
- Article 119 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Threat of murder or serious bodily harm
- Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, on 15 October on Moskovskaya Street he shot a banner advertising military service with a shotgun and threatened to kill a neighbour whom he met after the shooting. The ruling on the election of a preventive measure said that he was "accused of committing the offence out of political convictions regarding military actions between the Russian Federation and Ukraine".
Latest event
June 11, 2024 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Persecution begins
The case of the shooting of a banner advertising military service
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai
Criminal case
The case of the shooting of a banner advertising military service
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
School teacher, resident of Kansk (Krasnoyarsk region). In the past, he worked as a juvenile affairs inspector. In October 2022, he was detained on charges of shooting a banner advertising military service. Barinov told his lawyer Vladimir Vasin that after his detention he was tortured: his hands were broken and he was electrocuted. He tried to fix the marks of beatings, but in the certificate of 17 October the doctor of the state Kansk hospital explained the injuries by a fall in the street. Barinov was also accused of threatening to kill (Article 119 of the Criminal Code) a neighbour whom he met after the banner shooting. According to his lawyer, he was also going to be forced to confess to setting fire to a military recruitment office in Kansk on 24 September 2022, but this episode was not included in the case in the end. From Kansk, the teacher was transferred to the pre-trial detention centre in Krasnoyarsk, where he was beaten and threatened with rape. His lawyer was not allowed to see him several times. The investigation took place in Krasnoyarsk, but then the case was transferred to the Kansk City Court. On 21 April 2023, Barinov was sentenced to two years and ten days in a general regime colony. On 11 June 2024, Barinov was released.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 119 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.