Roman Chernikov
- Criminal Code
- Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism cases
- Verdict
- Suspended prison sentence
- Sentence
- 2 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2016-05-22
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
- Address for letters
- 107076, г.Москва, ул. Матросская Тишина, дом 18, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по г. Москве ("Матросская тишина"), Черников Роман Олегович, 1986 г.р.
Case 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.
Others charged under Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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