Sergey Bespalov
Sergey Bespalov, born 1974, Irkutsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Creation and leadership of an extremist community); “The case of an extremist community led by Navalny”, opened on November 24, 2022. Previously convicted under Article 112 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code. Status: not in Russia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, December 2, 2022.
In brief
Irkutsk Oblast, Moscow · Irkutsk, Moscow, Murmansk · Politicians · Extremism cases, Cases against Navalny/ACF supporters, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
one year and eight months of restricted liberty
Upheld May 13, 2021
Charges
- Article 112 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Intentional infliction of moderate harm to health
- Article 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Creation and leadership of an extremist community
Full wording of the charges
The police said that a woman activist of the pro-Kremlin National Liberation Movement (NLM), Irina Rodzievskaya, was injured.
Latest event
December 2, 2022 — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, December 2, 2022
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, October 29, 2021
Timeline
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Criminal case opened
The case of an extremist community led by Navalny
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution begins
The case of Sergey Bespalov for causing harm of medium gravity
Criminal case
The case of an extremist community led by Navalny
- Case number
- 01-0333/2021
Other defendants in the case
- Georgy Alburov — Not in Russia
- Alexey Vorsin — Not in Russia
- Vyacheslav Gimadi — Location unknown
- Violetta Grudina — Not in Russia
- Ivan Zhdanov — Not in Russia
- Stanislav Kalinichenko — Location unknown
- Roman Rubanov — Not in Russia
- Lyubov Sobol — Not in Russia
- Andrey Fateyev — Location unknown
- Ruslan Shaveddinov — Not in Russia
- Olga Shkolina — Location unknown
Thematic group: The case of the extremist community led by Navalny
The case of Sergey Bespalov for causing harm of medium gravity
Details and sources
Full summary
In July 2020, Bespalov was reported to have been prosecuted for inflicting harm of medium severity: Irina Rodzievskaya, an activist of the pro-Kremlin People's Liberation Movement (PLM), claimed that Bespalov had beaten her on 14 April 2020. The activist and her associates claim that he did not beat Rodzievskaya, but that she herself repeatedly approached him and provoked a conflict on that day. The city police conducted an investigation based on Rodzievskaya's statement that lasted three months. After that, Bespalov was informed that had not found any corpus delicti in his actions. However, the case documents were then handed over to the regional department, after which the case was eventually initiated. On 12 February 2021, Bespalov was sentenced to one year and eight months of restricted freedom. Bespalov left Russia.
In November 2022, iBespalov was reported to have been put on the wanted list of extremists and terrorists by Rosfinmonitoring. On 1 December, the court arrested him in absentia in a case of organising the activities of an extremist community.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 112 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.