Valery Bolshakov
Valery Bolshakov, born 1963, Occupied territory of Sevastopol. Charges: Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism); Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “The case of Valery Bolshakov”. Sentence (June 9, 2019): two years six months' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large.
In brief
Occupied territory of Sevastopol · Sevastopol · Politicians · Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years 6 months
two years six months' suspended imprisonment
Upheld December 17, 2020
Charges
- Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
held a solitary picket "with a banner calling for the removal of the existing authorities"
Latest event
July 15, 2024 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
The case of Valery Bolshakov
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
The case of Valery Bolshakov
Details and sources
Full summary
On November 14, 2017, Bolshakov's apartment was searched. His electronics, prints and party lists of the Russian Labour Front, prints, a power of attorney in his sick mother's name, and documents related to a case of a physical assault on her in 2013 were confiscated. Bolshakov alleges that he was subjected to beatings during the search. Subsequently, he was taken for questioning at the investigative department of the Nakhimovsky district in Sevastopol. A lawyer appointed to him persuaded him to plead guilty to incitement to national hatred and calls for extremism in exchange for a suspended sentence. He was later released on recognizance not to leave.
On February 21, 2019, the charge of incitement to hatred was dropped, and it was revealed that Bolshakov faced accusations related to incitement against the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation.
On June 11, 2019, Bolshakov received a two-and-a-half-year probation sentence. On August 26, the appellate court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.
On October 26, 2020, he was once again sentenced to a two-and-a-half-year suspended sentence.
Finally, on July 15, 2024, Bolshakov was excluded from the list its blacklist of "terrorists and extremists", which is maintained by Russia’s Federal Financial Monitoring Service.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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