Olga Bendas
Olga Bendas, born 1985, Moscow. Charges: Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “The case of Olga Bendas and Alexander Glushkov on the use of violence against police officers on 23 January protest in Moscow”. Sentence (June 22, 2021): 2 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Artists · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
2 years
deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony
Upheld June 16, 2022
Charges
- Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official
Full wording of the charges
struck several blows with her hands on the head and torso of a police officer on Pushkinskaya Square on 23 January and took away a baton lying on the ground
Latest event
August 31, 2022 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Persecution begins
The case of Olga Bendas and Alexander Glushkov on the use of violence against police officers on 23 January protest in Moscow
Criminal case
The case of Olga Bendas and Alexander Glushkov on the use of violence against police officers on 23 January protest in Moscow
- Case number
- 01-0278/2021
Other defendants in the case
- Alexander Glushkov — At large, 1 year 11 months
Thematic group: Palace case
Details and sources
Full summary
Olga Bendas participated in a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January 2021. Many media reported that Bendas is a citizen of Ukraine, but this is not true: Olga was born in Odessa in 1985 and now has Russian citizenship.
On 29 January 2021, she was sent to detention on charges of using violence against a representative of the authorities at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny.
The investigation claims that the woman struck the policeman several times, including on the head. Bendas does not deny guilt. Olga is known for the video where she picks up a baton from the ground with the words "I'll keep this trophy anyway." The media reported that she took it from one of the law enforcers, but the video refutes this.
On 22 June 2021, Bendas was sentenced to two years in a general regime penal colony. On 31 August 2022, she was released.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.