Mikhail Bitov
Mikhail Bitov, Yaroslavl Oblast. Charges: Article 212.1, Russian Criminal Code (Repeated violation of the order of organizing assemblies, rallies, demonstrations, marches and…); “Mikhail Bitov's case of repeated violation of the rules for holding public events”. Status: at large.
In brief
Yaroslavl Oblast · Yaroslavl · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: ban on certain activities since April 2, 2026
Charges
- Article 212.1, Russian Criminal Code — Repeated violation of the order of organizing assemblies, rallies, demonstrations, marches and pickets
Full wording of the charges
On 19 January 2026, Bitov was fined 20,000 rubles under the administrative article on organising an uncoordinated public event (part 2 of article 20.2 of the Administrative Code) because of his picket against stricter control on the Internet. On 19 February 2026, Bitov was arrested for five days under the same article for pasting leaflets in support of party comrades detained at the "Limonov Readings" in Krasnodar. The court considered the posting of leaflets as a march.
Latest event
April 2, 2026 — preventive measure: ban on certain activities
Timeline
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Persecution begins
Mikhail Bitov's case of repeated violation of the rules for holding public events
Criminal case
Mikhail Bitov's case of repeated violation of the rules for holding public events
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Yaroslavl, an activist of E.V. Limonov's Other Russia party. In the early morning of 1 April 2026, he was detained. The next day it became known that a case of repeated violation of the order of holding public events was brought against him. Before that, the article was last applied in 2022. What became the reason for the initiation of the case is unknown. In the evening of 2 April, the court in closed mode elected a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions to the activist. In order to initiate a case under this article, it is necessary to have three effective decisions under the administrative article on violation of the order of holding public events (Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences) within six months, while Bitov could find only two such decisions.
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- Citizenship
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