Vladislav Ivakhnik
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism cases
- Verdict
- Case dismissed
- Date of verdict
- 2012-09-17
- Region
- Saint Petersburg
- City
- Saint Petersburg
Case summary
Ivakhnik was subjected to detention on 31 October 2010 during a rally in Gostiny Dvor in St. Petersburg as part of the "Strategy-31" campaign for freedom of assembly; on 1 November 2010, during the transfer of detainees from one police department to another, Ivakhnik managed to escape; 4 March 2011, operatives of the North-West Federal District Police Department and the District Centre for Countering Extremism searched Ivakhnik's home, after which he is effectively given the status of a suspect, interrogated, and released on his own personal recognisance; on 11 March 2011, he was charged with participation in the activities of an extremist organisation (part 2 Art. 282.2 part 2 of the Criminal Code); on 14 September 2012, he filed a motion for the case against him to be dismissed due to the expiry of the statute of limitations; on 18 September, the court granted the motion.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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