Anatoly Burov
Anatoly Burov, born 1977, Vologda Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Anatoly Burov's case of public justification of terrorism”. Sentence (May 29, 2024): A sentence of 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 1, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 20, Vologda Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, January 6, 2024.
In brief
Vologda Oblast · Vologda · Politicians · Terrorism cases
Sentence
5 years
A sentence of 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld September 25, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
He was accused of "disseminating a video recording via a Telegram channel that endorses the ideology and practices of terrorism, portraying them as correct and worthy of support and imitation." Presumably, this is the video with the last word of Mikhail Krieger, convicted under the article on public justification of terrorism.
Latest event
September 25, 2024 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, January 6, 2024
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Anatoly Burov's case of public justification of terrorism
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Vologda Oblast
Criminal case
Anatoly Burov's case of public justification of terrorism
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 20, Vologda Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
162840, Вологодская область, г. Устюжна, ул. Карла Маркса, д. 57, ИК-20, ФКУ «ИК № 20 УФСИН России по Вологодской области», Буров Анатолий Валентинович, 1977 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Vologda, formerly secretary of the local Communist party of the Russia Federation City Committee. In January 2021, he was fined on charges of organising an uncoordinated rally in support of Navalny. He published anti-Semitic posts. In October 2023, he was taken into custody on charges of public justification of terrorism, presumably due to the publication of a video with the last word of Mikhail Krieger, convicted under the same article. On 29 May 2024, Burov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.
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