Dmitry Fonarev
Dmitry Fonarev, born 1991, Kaliningrad Oblast. Charges: Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)); “The case of the flag”. Sentence (June 16, 2015): One year and one month of imprisonment; the court decided to release Fonarev from custody, as the convict had served… Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 28, 2015; Amnesty International — recognised as a prisoner of conscience, April 5, 2015.
In brief
Kaliningrad Oblast · Kaliningrad · Students
Sentence
1 year 1 month
One year and one month of imprisonment; the court decided to release Fonarev from custody, as the convict had served this term in the pre-trial investigation and trial in the pre-trial detention centre.
Upheld October 5, 2015
Charges
- Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)
Full wording of the charges
For hooligan motives, as part of a group of persons in a prior conspiracy, Fonarev placed a German flag on the building of the Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Kaliningrad region, thereby grossly violating public order and insulting veterans of the Great Patriotic War.
Latest event
October 5, 2015 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, June 28, 2015
- Recognised as a prisoner of conscience — Amnesty International, April 5, 2015
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, July 13, 2014
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year 1 month
· Recognised as a prisoner of conscience
Amnesty International
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of the flag
Criminal case
The case of the flag
Other defendants in the case
- Oleg Savvin — Imprisoned, 1 year 1 month
- Mikhail Feldman — At large, 1 year 2 months
Details and sources
Full summary
On 11 March 2014, Fonarev was detained in connection with hanging the flag of the Federal Republic of Germany on the building of the Kaliningrad Oblast FSS; initially Fonarev was accused of swearing and sentenced to administrative arrest, after which his flat was searched; when the administrative arrest was about to expire, Fonarev was given another term of administrative arrest for allegedly smoking marijuana in his cell (it was not him, but his cellmates who smoked it, but the results of an examination, apparently falsified, showed the presence of marijuana in his blood); at the end of April he was detained on charges of hooliganism, after which he was ordered to be remanded in custody; the investigation claimed that Fonarev, together with Oleg Savvin and Mikhail Feldman, committed the act of hooliganism with the motive of hatred towards veterans; On 17 June 2015, he was sentenced to a year and a month of imprisonment served in pre-trial detention and released in the courtroom; on 7 October, the court of second instance upheld the sentence, although the prosecutor requested that Fonarev's sentence be reduced for "confession of guilt"; the hate motive was excluded from the charges
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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