Pavel Bondarenko
Pavel Bondarenko, born 1983, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “Pavel Bondarenko's case on justification of terrorism and extremism”. Sentence (February 20, 2022): 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since July 6, 2022.
In brief
Khabarovsk Krai · IT specialists · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld January 25, 2023
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was a comment on a post about an Arkhangelsk anarchist and a post about Putin and United Russia.
Latest event
January 25, 2023 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Persecution begins
Pavel Bondarenko's case on justification of terrorism and extremism
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Pavel Bondarenko's case on justification of terrorism and extremism
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Full summary
A resident of Primorsky Krai, a specialist in telecommunications and Internet services. He was prosecuted for incitement to extremism and terrorism because of his aggressive remarks about Putin and United Russia and because of a comment approving the actions of Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who blew himself up in the building of the Arkhangelsk region's FSB office. Bondarenko claimed that he did not write these comments: he pointed out that the administration of VKontakte regularly blocked his page, and he used the social network via his phone, which he once lost. In May 2022, Bondarenko was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.
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