Alexei Gaskarov
Alexei Gaskarov, born 1985, Moscow. Charges: Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in mass riots); Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “The case of the Four”, opened on April 28, 2013. Sentence (August 17, 2014): Three years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 29, 2015; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, April 21, 2015.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Politicians · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
3 years 6 months
Three years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony
Upheld November 26, 2014
Charges
- Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)
- Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in mass riots
- Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official
Full wording of the charges
Participated in mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, used violence against police officers
Latest event
October 27, 2016 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 29, 2015
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, April 21, 2015
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months
· Criminal case opened
The case of the Four
· Persecution ends
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast
· Persecution begins
The Khimki case
Criminal case
The case of the Four
- Case number
- 01-0032/2017(01-0543/2016)
Other defendants in the case
- Ilya Gushchin — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Elena Kokhtareva — At large, 3 years 3 months
- Alexander Margolin — At large, 3 years 6 months
Thematic group: The case of the five; Bolotnaya case
The Khimki case
Details and sources
Full summary
Aleksey Gaskarov is an anti-fascist, anarchist and a member of the Coordination Council of the Opposition. On 3 August 2010, he was arrested in a case on the attack on the building of administration of the city of Khimki outside Moscow on 28 July. On 15 October 2010, the arrest decision was cancelled. On 24 June 2011, he was acquitted by the Khimki City Court.
During the dispersal of the action on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, Gaskarov was severely beaten, in connection with which he filed a complaint about the riot police exceeding their official powers with the use of violence and special means. On 28 April 2013, he was detained and arrested a day later on charges of leading a group of persons who took an active part in the mass riots that allegedly took place on Bolotnaya Square and of using violence against a representative of the authorities. Later, Gaskarov was accused of using violence against another representative of the authorities: according to the investigation, Gaskarov pulled a certain officer of internal troops by the shoulder, and riot police officer Igor Ibatulin - by the leg. The final version of the charges also states that he took part in the mass riots on Bolotnaya Square. On 18 August 2014, the court sentenced Alexei Gaskarov to three and a half years in a general regime penal colony. On 27 October 2016, he was released from prison.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.