Igor Berezyuk
Igor Berezyuk, born 1988, Moscow. Charges: Article 150 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a minor in the commission of a crime); Article 212 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement to mass riots); Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)); “The Manezhnaya case”. Sentence (March 28, 2012): Igor Berezyuk's term was reduced by 3 months. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, March 13, 2015; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, November 7, 2011.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Construction workers · Extremism cases
Sentence
5 years 3 months
Igor Berezyuk's term was reduced by 3 months.
First instance, October 27, 2011: 5 years 6 months
Charges
- Article 150 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a minor in the commission of a crime
- Article 212 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement to mass riots
- Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)
- Article 282 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity
- Article 318 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Use of dangerous violence against a government official
Full wording of the charges
hit a riot policeman Ilya Naumov on the head, committed hooliganism with weapons, called for mass disorder, incited hatred, paid a minor Ilya Kubrakov money and gave him a megaphone to shout slogans
Latest event
April 29, 2016 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, March 13, 2015
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, November 7, 2011
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 5 years 3 months
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 6 months
· Persecution begins
The Manezhnaya case
Criminal case
The Manezhnaya case
Other defendants in the case
- Kirill Unchuk — Deceased, 3 years
- Ruslan Khubaev — At large, 4 years
Thematic group: Manezhnaya case
Details and sources
Full summary
Igor Berezyuk is an activist, sympathiser of the Other Russia party, and a citizen of Belarus. He took part in the events on Manezhnaya Square on 11 December 2010, where he clashed with police and attacked people of "non-Slavic" appearance. He was detained in the office of the Other Russia on 30 January 2011 as part of a series of searches on the eve of the "Strategy-31" event. The court found him guilty of hooliganism, use of violence against a representative of the authorities, involving a minor in the commission of an offence, calls for mass disorder and incitement to hatred. The Tverskoy district court sentenced him to five and a half years in prison; the Moscow City Court later reduced the sentence by four months. Human rights activists believe that Berezyuk, as well as two other defendants in the Manezhnaya case, Ruslan Khubaev and Kirill Unchuk, became a victim of persecution due to their involvement in the activities of the Other Russia, as they were among the few prosecuted for the events in which hundreds of people took part, and in addition, people charged together with him, but not related to the Other Russia, received lesser sentences.
On 29 April 2016, he was released from prison.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Belarus
Other people prosecuted under Article 150 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.