Artem Chernetsov
Artem Chernetsov, born 1992, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 222 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition (by a group, using official positions or the Internet)); Article 228.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal online sale of drugs by a group of individuals in a previous agreement, in significant…); Article 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Creation and leadership of an extremist community); “People's Social Democratic Political Group case in Chelyabinsk”. Sentence (June 9, 2018): 11 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since June 1, 2016; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Mari El.
In brief
Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Extremism cases
Sentence
11 years
of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
First instance, March 15, 2018: 11 years
Charges
- Article 222 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition (by a group, using official positions or the Internet)
- Article 228.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal online sale of drugs by a group of individuals in a previous agreement, in significant amounts.
- Article 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Creation and leadership of an extremist community
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, from August 2012 he was the organiser of the "People's Social Democratic Political Group", a "military-sports club used as a cover for an extremist cell" to "overthrow and seize the current government in the Chelyabinsk region", to which he attracted new members, including minors.
Latest event
August 20, 2021 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 11 years
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 11 years
· Persecution begins
People's Social Democratic Political Group case in Chelyabinsk
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
People's Social Democratic Political Group case in Chelyabinsk
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Facility: Penal colony No. 6, Mari El
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
424006, г. Йошкар-Ола, ул. Строителей, 56а, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН по Республике Марий Эл», Чернецов Артем Викторович, 1992 г.р.
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Full summary
An opposition activist with socialist views.
He was detained in June 2016 together with Yegor Petryakov and three other minors with the same political views. After the detention he was sent to a pre-trial detention centre, while the others were released on their recognisance not to leave. Chernetsov was accused of organising the activities of an extremist community, weapons possession and drug trafficking.
On 15 March 2018, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime penal colony. According to the support group, during the appeal hearing in the Chelyabinsk Regional Court, Chernetsov's sentence was slightly reduced.
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