Andrey Etkeev
Andrey Etkeev, born 1968, Kirov Oblast. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “Andrei Etkeev's case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces”. Sentence (November 27, 2023): 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since November 27, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 17, Kirov Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 21, 2023.
In brief
Kirov Oblast · Urzhum · Anti-war cases
Sentence
5 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld February 7, 2024
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries (based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on grounds of hatred or enmity in relation to any social group)
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the criminal case were reposts in Odnoklassniki social media of news broadcasts and media publications about Russian war crimes in Ukraine, including in Bucha.
Latest event
February 7, 2024 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, December 21, 2023
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
Andrei Etkeev's case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces
Criminal case
Andrei Etkeev's case of "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces
- Case number
- 1-68/2023
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 17, Kirov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
612740, ул. Трудовых резервов д. 125, Кировская область, г. Омутнинск, ФКУ «ИК № 17 УФСИН России по Кировской области», Эткеев Андрей Васильевич, 1968 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Urzhum (Kirov region). Initially, it was reported that a case of spreading "fakes" by a group of persons was initiated, but later it became known that it was a case of spreading "fakes" with the motive of political hatred (item "e" part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Etkeev was placed under house arrest. On 27 November 2023, he was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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