Eugene Brigida
Eugene Brigida, born 1976, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Charges: Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “Yevgeny Brigida's case on calls for extremism”. Sentence (September 24, 2024): 2 years' deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 1 year 8 months, prohibition to administer… Status: at large.
In brief
Krasnoyarsk Krai · Nazarovo · Bloggers · Anti-war cases, Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years
deprivation of liberty suspended with a probationary period of 1 year 8 months, prohibition to administer websites for the same term
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- 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 criminal case was Brigida's video "Assholes-Provocateurs" with harsh remarks against the representatives of the military enlistment office who tried to take his son to war. In particular, Brigida referred to an aggressive statement against a local military commander made by TV propagandist Vladimir Solovyov.
Latest event
September 24, 2024 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 2 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Yevgeny Brigida's case on calls for extremism
Criminal case
Yevgeny Brigida's case on calls for extremism
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of the village of Hlyaden, video blogger, 47 years old. He is engaged in agriculture, has repeatedly participated in protest rallies, published videos about the shortcomings and "blunders of this government". In March 2023, he was fined 30,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Armed Forces (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) because of two publications on VKontakte. The criminal case was initiated no later than spring 2023. On 17 January 2024, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On 24 September 2024, when the case was retried, Brigida was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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