Nikolay Daineko
Nikolay Daineko, born 1996, Moscow. Charges: Article 280.4 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for activities against state security (by an organized group)); Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)); “Nikolai Daineko's case”. Sentence (May 10, 2023): 4 year's deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 1, 2022.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Artists · Anti-war cases, Extremism cases, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
4 years
4 year's deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
Upheld June 7, 2024
Charges
- Article 280.4 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for activities against state security (by an organized group)
- Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was the poems read at the "Mayakovsky Readings" on September 25. According to the ruling, a case of incitement to hatred towards "members of volunteer armed formations of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics" was opened. At first Daineko was charged with incitement to hatred with the threat of violence (par. "a" of p. 2 of art. 282 of the Criminal Code), but then the charge was reclassified to incitement to hatred by an organized group (par. "в" of p. 2 of art. 282 of the Criminal Code), as well as added a charge of calls for acts against the security of the state, committed by an organized group (p. 3 of art. 280.4 of the Criminal Code). As such, the investigation considered the calls not to take summons, not to sign in their receipt, not to appear at military recruiting offices, as well as to memorize the above. The investigation considers Daineko an accomplice to the crime.
Latest event
May 8, 2026 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, December 1, 2022
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
Nikolai Daineko's case
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Nikolai Daineko's case
- Case number
- 01-0362/2023
Thematic group: Anti-war case; The Mayakovsky case
Details and sources
Full summary
Daineko was detained on September 25, 2022 during the "Mayakovsky Readings" on Triumfalnaya Square, a protocol was drawn up against him on violation of the procedure for holding a public event (part 5 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The next day, the court fined him 20 thousand rubles, after which he was taken to the Investigative Committee. On September 28, the court sent Daineko into custody. At first, he was charged with inciting hatred with the threat of violence (paragraph "a" part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code), but then the charge was reclassified as inciting hatred by an organized group (paragraph "c" part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code), and also added accusation of calls for activities directed against the security of the state, committed by an organized group (part 3 of article 280.4 of the Criminal Code). Daineko entered into an agreement with the investigation. On May 10, 2023, he was sentenced to four years in a penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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