Vyacheslav Egorov
- Criminal Code
- Article 212.1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Cases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 1 year 3 months
- Date of verdict
- 2021-10-13
- Region
- Moscow Oblast
- City
- Kolomna
Case summary
On 25 January 2019, a case of repeated violation of the established procedure for conducting a public event was initiated. On 31 January, Vyacheslav Egorov and several other Kolomna activists were searched, Egorov was detained. On 2 February the court placed him under house arrest. On 30 July house arrest was replaced by a prohibition on certain actions.
On 14 October 2021, he was sentenced to a year and three months in a general regime penal colony. Taken into custody in the courtroom. Released on 8 August 2022.
Earlier Egorov was repeatedly detained at rallies against the landfill.
Others charged under Article 212.1, Russian Criminal Code
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