Vladimir Egorov
Vladimir Egorov, born 1967, Tver Oblast. Charges: Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “The case of Vladimir Egorov”. Sentence (June 4, 2018): Two years' imprisonment suspended with probation for three years and a ban on moderating websites. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, October 10, 2017; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, October 2, 2017.
In brief
Tver Oblast · Toropets · Politicians · Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years
Two years' imprisonment suspended with probation for three years and a ban on moderating websites.
Upheld July 23, 2018
Charges
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
posted pictures of Putin with offensive text on his social media page
Latest event
June 5, 2020 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, October 10, 2017
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, October 2, 2017
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Tver Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of Vladimir Egorov
Criminal case
The case of Vladimir Egorov
Details and sources
Full summary
A criminal case against Egorov was opened in October 2016. The reason for the prosecution was the publication of a photo of Putin on the page of the public group "Citizens of Toropets", of which he was the administrator, accompanied by a text stating that the propaganda managed by the security services is aimed at exonerating the head of state, shifting the blame for all the failures of the government to other officials. The author of the post urged to "not fall for such propaganda tricks" and said that "the main Kremlin rat should be taken down".
In June 2017, due to criminal prosecution and conflict with local authorities in connection with anti-corruption publications in the above-mentioned publick, Egorov left for Ukraine and asked for political asylum there. The activist took this decision after the windows of his house were broken. Ten days after his departure, Egorov's house, where his wife and minor daughter stayed, was set on fire.
In early July, Egorov was denied political asylum; Ukrainian border guards said that because he had illegally crossed the border without a passport, he was banned from entering the country for three years. Yegorov did not challenge the decision to deny asylum and moved to Belarus. In Minsk, he applied to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and human rights organisations. However, at the end of July he was arrested by the Belarusian KGB under the article on petty hooliganism, extradited to Russia and brought to Toropets on 1 August; on 2 August the court arrested him. On 16 November, he was transferred on his personal recognizance.
On 5 June, the Toropets district court of Tver region sentenced Egorov to two years of suspended imprisonment. He was also given a probation period of three years and banned from moderating websites.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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