Igor Boykov
Igor Boykov, born 1982, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Case of Igor Boykov”. Sentence (November 5, 2012): Case dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, August 29, 2012; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, August 1, 2011.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Journalists, Writers · Extremism cases
Sentence
Case dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
knowing that A.A. Pesotsky, A.Y. Dmitriev and A.B. Marochkin had organised the activities of the banned extremist organisation NBP on the territory of St. Petersburg, he agreed to become a member of the NBP and decided to personally participate in its activities in the second half of 2007 and the second half of 2009, thereby ensuring the actual continuation of the extremist activities of the NBP. According to the investigation, Boykov's participation in the continuation of the extremist organisation's activities was expressed in the fact that, acting under the organisational leadership of A.Y. Dmitriev, A.A. Pesotsky and A.B. Marochkin, he personally participated in regular meetings of NBP members on the organisation of NBP activities, ensured its financial and economic activities by personally contributing money on a monthly basis, participated in uncoordinated public events organised by the NBP in the city of St. Petersburg on a last day of each month aimed at expressing intolerance towards the senior officials and popularizing the prohibited activities of the NBP. Boykov, in 2009 and 2010, acting on behalf of the NBP, repeatedly personally participated in illegal mass public events organised by the NBP: publicly expressed extremist political views of the NBP, shouted its slogans and displayed its symbols, thereby popularising its prohibited activities, for which, for example, in October 2010 he was found guilty of violating the established procedure for holding an assembly, protest or demonstration; in November 2009 he crossed a roadway at a prohibited traffic light, thereby obstructing the orderly movement of vehicles, for which he was found guilty of violating traffic rules
Latest event
November 5, 2012 — first-instance verdict
The court dismissed the case.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, August 29, 2012
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 1, 2011
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
case dismissed
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
Case of Igor Boykov
Criminal case
Case of Igor Boykov
Thematic group: The case of the St. Petersburg "Other Russia" (Case of the Twelve)
Details and sources
Full summary
Igor was subjected to administrative detention on 31 October 2010 during a rally in St. Petersburg at Gostiny Dvor as part of the "Strategy-31" campaign for freedom of assembly; on 1 November Boykov's home is searched; on 9 November Boykov is charged under part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code (participation in the activities of an extremist organisation); on 17 June 2011, the police tried to disrupt the presentation of Boykov's book "Life Lived Not in Vain", which was to be held at the Russian National Library; the event managed to take place, but on the way out of the library about 20 people (supporters of the "Other Russia" and writers who came to the presentation), as well as Boikov himself, were detained by the police; later, copies of his book handed over by Boikov during the presentation were seized from the fund of the Russian National Library, which was claimed by the police to be (literally) "extremist literature by an extremist author"; the investigation included the fact of the presentation books as one of the episodes in the criminal case, arguing that it was a political action of the National Bolshevik Party, and not a literary event; On November 2, 2012, during the trial, the lawyer filed a motion to terminate the criminal prosecution, since the statute of limitations on the case had expired – the last episode attributed to him dates back to October 31, 2010; on November 6, 2012, the petition was granted) .
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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