Suren Gazarian
- Criminal Code
- Article 119 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 167 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Suspended prison sentence
- Sentence
- 3 years
- Date of verdict
- 2012-06-19
- Region
- Krasnodar Krai
- City
- Tuapse
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as persecuted on political groundsby Memorial Human Rights Centre, 22 December 2013
- Recognised as persecuted on political groundsby Memorial Human Rights Centre, 22 December 2013
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Case summary
A resident of the Krasnodar region and an environmentalist, he was charged with damaging the fence of a state-owned property, allegedly the dacha of the governor of the Krasnodar region. On June 20, 2012, he was sentenced to three years of probation. Gazaryan left Russia, fearing further persecution, as a criminal case was opened against him for allegedly threatening to kill a security guard at another state-owned property, supposedly "Putin's dacha."
Others charged under Article 119 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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