Roman Chernikov
Roman Chernikov, born 1986, Moscow. Charges: Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition); Article 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Creation and leadership of an extremist community); “"Ataka" ("Attack") case”. Sentence (May 22, 2016): two years six months' suspended sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 26, 2015.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years 6 months
two years six months' suspended sentence
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition
- Article 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Creation and leadership of an extremist community
Full wording of the charges
Involved in organising the activities of the extremist community "Ataka", illegal possession of weapons
Latest event
September 19, 2019 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 26, 2015
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
"Ataka" ("Attack") case
Criminal case
"Ataka" ("Attack") case
- Case number
- 01-0274/2016
Other defendants in the case
- Stanislav Mityaev — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Thomas Pipalas — At large, 2 years
- Sergey Sukhanov — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Vladimir Tkach — At large, 2 years 6 months
Thematic group: The case of the "Attack"
Details and sources
Full summary
In November 2014, he was taken into custody on charges of organising an extremist community and weapons possession (to which he confessed and handed over the weapons during a search); on 20 February 2016, he was released from a pre-trial detention facility. On 23 May, sentenced to two and a half year suspended sentence.
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.