Egor Butakov
Egor Butakov, born 1999, Arkhangelsk Oblast. Charges: Article 239 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an non-profit organisation persuading citizens to commit illegal…); “Egor Butakov and Elizaveta Bychkova's case of the non-profit organization infringing on the personal and civil rights of citizens”. Sentence (January 16, 2023): 1 year's restriction of freedom. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, October 24, 2022.
In brief
Arkhangelsk Oblast · Arkhangelsk · Politicians · Cases against Navalny/ACF supporters, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
1 year's restriction of freedom
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 239 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an non-profit organisation persuading citizens to commit illegal acts or propaganda of such actions
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he was a member of an extremist association, within the framework of which he held "unauthorized public events, during which calls for extremist and terrorist activities were made, unlawful actions were committed, resulting in the violation of human and civil rights and freedoms, and harm to public order and safety".
Latest event
March 6, 2025 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, October 24, 2022
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Egor Butakov and Elizaveta Bychkova's case of the non-profit organization infringing on the personal and civil rights of citizens
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
Criminal case
Egor Butakov and Elizaveta Bychkova's case of the non-profit organization infringing on the personal and civil rights of citizens
Other defendants in the case
- Elizaveta Bychkova — At large
Thematic group: The case of the extremist community led by Navalny
Details and sources
Full summary
On 28 December 2021, Butakov was searched. He was issued a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions in the case of activity of an extremist association and a non-profit organization infringing on the personal and civil rights of citizens. Later, the charges related to the extremist association were dropped due to the fact that Butakov testified against other defendants. On 16 January 2023, he was sentenced to a year of restriction of freedom.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 239 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.