Vyacheslav Gorbaty
Vyacheslav Gorbaty, born 1959, Moscow. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Vyacheslav Gorbatoy”. Sentence (June 10, 2020): two years' suspended sentence. Status: at large.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Pensioners · Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years
two years' suspended sentence
Upheld August 25, 2020
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
Member of the Initiative Group for the Referendum "For Responsible Government"
Latest event
January 1, 2022 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
guilty verdict
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: temporary stay in hospital
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The case of Vyacheslav Gorbatoy
Criminal case
The case of Vyacheslav Gorbatoy
Thematic group: The case of the "Army of the Will of the People"
Details and sources
Full summary
On March 1, 2017, members of the Initiative Group for the Referendum "For Responsible Government" in Moscow underwent searches. Subsequently, a criminal case was initiated against the organisers of the group. During the search, an employee of the Centre for Combating Extremism threatened Gorbaty with imprisonment.
On January 23, 2018, the activist was detained and brought in for questioning in a case related to the financing of an extremist organisation. On January 24, he was placed under house arrest. In October of the same year, the court returned the case to the prosecutor's office.
On June 11, 2020, he received a two-year suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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