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Pavel Khotulev

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Pavel Khotulev, born 1960, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity); “The case of Pavel Khotulev”. Sentence (February 14, 2013): fine: '100,000 rubles'. Status: at large.

In brief

Tatarstan · Kazan · Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases

Sentence

fine: '100,000 rubles'

Verdict February 14, 2013

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

posted comments inciting national hatred on a social networking site

Latest event

February 14, 2013 — first-instance verdict

The court delivered a guilty verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict

  2. · Persecution ends

  3. · Persecution begins

    The case of Pavel Khotulev

Criminal case

The case of Pavel Khotulev

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

On 22 May 2012, it became known that a case of incitement to ethnic hatred had been initiated in connection with the publication of comments on the study of the Tatar language on the Internet; on 15 February 2013, Khotulev was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles

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