Alexander Gejadze
- Criminal Code
- Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Cases related to mass actions
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
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Case summary
Entrepreneur. In the Republic of Belarus, he was convicted under part 2 of article 342 of the Criminal Code ("Organisation and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order or active participation in them") to 3 years in a general regime colony. In January 2022, the Moscow City Court decided to transfer Alexander to a Russian colony. After extradition, on 11 April 2022, the Savelovsky District Court of Moscow changed the article to part 2 of article 212 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Participation in mass riots"). He was detained since 27 October 2020, released after serving his sentence on 16 June 2023.
Others charged under Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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