Artemii Demenko
Artemii Demenko, born 1999, Tula Oblast. Charges: Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “Artemii Demenko's case”. Sentence (April 23, 2021): 1.5 years' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large.
In brief
Tula Oblast · Tula · Extremism cases, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
1 year 6 months
1.5 years' suspended imprisonment
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
He recorded a video in which, according to the investigation, he called for violence at the rally on 31 January.
Latest event
May 12, 2022 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year 6 months
· Persecution begins
Artemii Demenko's case
Criminal case
Artemii Demenko's case
Thematic group: Palace case
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Tula. He was detained on charges of calling for extremism: according to the investigation, on 31 January 2021 he called to go to a rally in support of Alexei Navalnyi and commit "physical violence against law enforcement officers and members of their families". After his detention, a video of him apologising was published. On 23 April 2021, Demenko was sentenced to a year and a half suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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