Dmitry Bychkov
Dmitry Bychkov, born 1979, Altai Krai. Charges: Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition); Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “Dmitry Bychkov's case”. Sentence (November 1, 2010): two years three months' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, May 14, 2015; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, October 11, 2011.
In brief
Altai Krai · Barnaul · Politicians · Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years 3 months
two years three months' suspended imprisonment
Upheld January 19, 2011
Charges
- Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Illegally possessed a grenade and leaflets "calling for hostile violent actions against a social group of persons united on the basis of nationality, as well as containing justification of the need for violent actions against the authorities and their representatives"
Latest event
March 30, 2018 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, May 14, 2015
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Memorial Human Rights Centre, October 11, 2011
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Persecution ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 3 months
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Dmitry Bychkov's case
Criminal case
Dmitry Bychkov's case
Details and sources
Full summary
On 1 May 2009, Dmitry Bychkov, an activist of the banned NBP, was detained on his way to a May Day demonstration; a search revealed a grenade and far-right leaflets, which, as Bychkov claims, were planted on him. He detained for two months in a pre-trial detention centre, where he was placed in the same cell with defendants in high-profile cases involving violent crimes. Then Dmitry released on personal recognisance, charged with illegal possession of explosives and participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. Dmitry was sentenced to two years and three months' suspended imprisonment
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.