Igor Ivanov
Igor Ivanov, born 1996, Kaliningrad Oblast. Charges: Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting to or financing terrorist activities through an official position); Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism); Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in an extremist community); “The case of the BVRR (the Baltic Vanguard of the Russian Resistance)”. Sentence (February 15, 2022): 5 years 10 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, 6 months' restriction of freedom. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, January 28, 2018; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, January 21, 2018.
In brief
Kaliningrad Oblast · Kaliningrad · Politicians · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases
Sentence
5 years 10 months
deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, 6 months' restriction of freedom
First instance, April 16, 2020: 6 years
Charges
- Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting to or financing terrorist activities through an official position
- Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism
- Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in an extremist community
Full wording of the charges
actively participated in "BARS", including as Orshulevich's deputy
Latest event
March 1, 2023 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 28, 2018
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, January 21, 2018
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
sentence changed · 5 years 10 months
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of the BVRR (the Baltic Vanguard of the Russian Resistance)
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast
Criminal case
The case of the BVRR (the Baltic Vanguard of the Russian Resistance)
Other defendants in the case
- Alexander (Father Nicholas) Mamayev — At large, 6 years
- Alexander Orshulevich — At large, 8 years
- Nikolai Sentsov — At large, 3 years
Details and sources
Full summary
On 27 May 2017, a case was initiated on the creation of an extremist community. Ivanov was taken into custody. According to his relatives, during the search and detention, law enforcers planted on him stencils with extremist inscriptions and spray paint cans and prevented him from contacting a lawyer.
In October 2018, it was reported that Ivanov was charged with possession of ammunition and explosives, participation in a terrorist community and justification of terrorism. In April 2020, it became known that all these charges against Ivanov were dropped and imputed participation in the activities of an extremist community. On 17 April, he was sentenced to six years in a penal colony, restriction of freedom for six months and deprivation of the right to administer websites for four years. On 16 February 2022, the court of cassation instance reduced the sentence by two months.
He was released in March 2023.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.