Dmitry Borisov
Dmitry Borisov, born 1985, Moscow. Charges: Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “Dmitry Borisov's case of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally "Antidimon" on 26 March 2017”. Sentence (February 21, 2018): one year in a penal colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, August 22, 2017; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, August 19, 2017.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Entrepreneurs · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
1 year
one year in a penal colony
Upheld April 22, 2018
Charges
- Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, during the protest on March 26, 2017, in Moscow, the detained protester, while being carried by five police officers, intentionally released his left leg on two occasions and struck one of the officers on the head.
Latest event
June 7, 2018 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, August 22, 2017
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 19, 2017
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
Dmitry Borisov's case of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally "Antidimon" on 26 March 2017
Criminal case
Dmitry Borisov's case of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally "Antidimon" on 26 March 2017
Thematic group: The case of 26 March; The case of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally "Antidimon" on 26 March 2017
Details and sources
Full summary
On June 8, 2017, he was detained following a search, and on June 9, he was arrested on charges of assaulting a police officer during the dispersal of a rally on March 26, 2017. On February 22, 2018, he was sentenced to one year in a general regime penal colony and was released on June 7, 2018.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.