Lilia Chanysheva
Lilia Chanysheva, born 1982, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 239 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an non-profit organisation persuading citizens to commit illegal…); Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism); Article 282.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Establishment and management of an extremist community using an official position); “Lilia Chanysheva and Rustem Mulyukov Extremist Community Case”. Sentence (October 24, 2024): 9 years 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony, a fine of 400,000 roubles, a ban on administering websites… Status: not in Russia. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, November 1, 2022.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Ufa · Politicians · Extremism cases, Cases against Navalny/ACF supporters, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
9 years 6 months
of imprisonment in a general regime colony, a fine of 400,000 roubles, a ban on administering websites, holding and attending public events for 7 years, and 2 years' restriction of liberty
First instance, June 14, 2023: 7 years 6 months
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
- Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism
- Article 282.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Establishment and management of an extremist community using an official position
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, she was involved in the organisation of an extremist community, within the framework of which she held "uncoordinated public events, during which calls to extremist and terrorist activities were made, unlawful actions were committed, which resulted in violation of human and civil rights and freedoms, and harm to public order and public safety"; in particular, she organised a speech by Rustem Mulyukov at a rally on 12 June 2012, during which he, according to the investigation, called for extremist and terrorist activities. On appeal, the court added aggravating circumstances to the episode of organising an extremist community: committing a crime by a group of people and motivated by political hatred.
Latest event
October 24, 2024 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, November 1, 2022
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years 6 months
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan
· Persecution begins
Lilia Chanysheva and Rustem Mulyukov Extremist Community Case
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Lilia Chanysheva and Rustem Mulyukov Extremist Community Case
- Case number
- 1-144/2023
Other defendants in the case
- Rustem Mulyukov — At large, 2 years 6 months
Thematic group: The case of the extremist community led by Navalny
Details and sources
Full summary
On 9 November 2021, Chanysheva was searched, detained, and the next day the court decided to take her into custody as part of a case of organising activities of an extremist community due to her involvement with Alexei Navalny's structures. She was transported from Ufa to Moscow, where several lawyers were not allowed to see her. In September 2022, it became known that Chanysheva was accused of involvement in the activities of an extremist community using her official position, calls for extremist activities and participation in the activities of an organisation that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens.
On 14 June 2023, Chanysheva was sentenced to seven and a half years in a general regime colony on charges of involvement in the activities of an extremist community using her official position. She was sentenced to three years under the article on calls for extremist activity, and a fine of 100,000 rubles under the article on participation in the activities of an organisation that infringes on the personality and rights of citizens, but was released from punishment under both articles due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. After the verdict, Chanysheva was transferred to another pre-trial detention centre, where she was put on a preventive register as "prone to committing terrorist and extremist offences". When she tried to find out why she had not been placed on the prophylactic register in the pre-trial detention centre where she had been before, it turned out that the relevant protocol from the previous pre-trial detention centre was in her file, but she was not informed about it. On 7 November 2023, the appellate court confirmed the sentence, adding aggravating circumstances to the episode of organising the activities of an extremist community: committing a crime by a group of persons and motivated by political hatred. On 4 March 2024, the court of cassation instance overturned the verdict and returned the case to the court of appeal instance. On 9 April, the appeal court increased the sentence to nine and a half years. On 1 August 2024, Chanysheva was released as part of a prisoner exchange between the Russian Federation and other states.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of detention
- Pre-trial detention centre No. 2, Moscow
Other people prosecuted under Article 239 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.