Vladimir Garmash
- Criminal Code
- Article 280.3 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 3 years
- Date of verdict
- 2024-12-09
- Region
- Krasnoyarsk Krai
- City
- closed city of Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 31 ГУФСИН России по Красноярскому краю»
- Address for letters
- 660111 Красноярский край, г. Красноярск, ул. Кразовская д. 10, ФКУ «ИК № 31 ГУФСИН России по Красноярскому краю», Гармаш Владимир Александрович, 1985 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 2 April 2025
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Case summary
A resident of Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk region). On 22 August 2024, it was reported that he had been detained while riding a bicycle on a country road. In the video published by the Investigative Committee press service, several law enforcement officers are seen running out of a car and forcing the detainee face down.; at the same time, another one runs up to the bicycle that has fallen to the side, picks up the backpack dropped by the man, and forcefully throws it closer to the car.
Garmash was charged with discrediting the Armed Forces and causing property damage. He is accused of defacing 13 banners advertising contract-based military service. On December 9, 2024, he was sentenced to three years in a general-regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 280.3 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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