Valery Evsin
Valery Evsin, born 1988, Moscow. Charges: Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “Valery Evsin's case of using violence against a representative of the authorities at a rally on 23 January in Moscow”. Sentence (April 6, 2021): 2 years impisonment in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, April 25, 2021.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Drivers · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
2 years
impisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld March 9, 2022
Charges
- Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official
Full wording of the charges
According to the version of the investigation, at the action on 23 January pushed a metal barrier in the direction of a police officer.
Latest event
November 3, 2022 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 25, 2021
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Persecution ends
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Perm Krai
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Persecution begins
Valery Evsin's case of using violence against a representative of the authorities at a rally on 23 January in Moscow
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Valery Evsin's case of using violence against a representative of the authorities at a rally on 23 January in Moscow
- Case number
- 01-0219/2021
Thematic group: Palace case
Details and sources
Full summary
A taxi driver who came to Moscow from Pskov to earn money.
On 26 January 2021, he was detained as part of a criminal case on the use of violence against a representative of the authorities at a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January. According to the investigation, during the action on 23 January he pushed a metal barrier towards a police officer. This was not an act of aggression: a young man was detained nearby and Evsin tried to protect him. The policeman, who is the victim in the case, was wearing a helmet and protective gear and was not injured or damaged.
On 29 January, the court sent Evsin to custody.
On 7 April he was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.
In April, Yevsin was transferred to the Perm Region until the appeal was considered. Because of this, he had no opportunity to meet with his lawyers and relatives and could not familiarise himself with the case materials in court.
He was released on 3 November 2022.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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