Sergey Bashorin
Sergey Bashorin, born 1987, Komi Republic. Charges: Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “Sergei Bashorin's case on calls to extremism”. Sentence (May 17, 2022): 1 year of suspended imprisonment with prohibition to administer websites for a period of 1 year. Status: at large.
In brief
Komi Republic · Syktyvkar · Extremism cases
Sentence
1 year
of suspended imprisonment with prohibition to administer websites for a period of 1 year
Upheld July 12, 2022
Charges
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, Bashorin published comments containing calls for violent actions against police officers and members of the United Russia party. In particular, the comments made in 2020-2021 were found in public groups "Public Assembly of the Komi Republic", ROMB, "Satire without positivity", "I oppose" and others. He himself says that his purpose was only to call for an investigation into the abuse of power by police officers and members of United Russia and a trial against them.
Latest event
July 24, 2023 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Sergei Bashorin's case on calls to extremism
Criminal case
Sergei Bashorin's case on calls to extremism
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Syktyvkar. No later than May 2021, a case was brought against him for calls to extremism because of comments on social networks about the police and United Russia. On 18 May 2022, Bashorin was sentenced to a year of suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.