Maksim Kalinichenko
- Criminal Code
- Article 212 part 3, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 318 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Suspended prison sentence
- Sentence
- 2 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2013-02-27
- Region
- Saint Petersburg
- City
- Saint Petersburg
- Address for letters
- 195009, г. Санкт-Петербург, ул. Академика Лебедева, д. 39, ФКУ СИЗО-4 УФСИН России по г. Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области, Калиниченко Максим Сергеевич, 1977 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial Human Rights Centre, 27 February 2013
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Case summary
After being subjected to administrative arrest for participation in the "For Fair Elections" rally on 10 December 2011, Maksim Kalinichenko was accused of calling for mass riots: he was accused of shouting "Beat the cops!" during his arrest; he was kept in pre-trial detention for more than a year; on 28 February 2013, he was sentenced to two and a half years of suspended sentence.
In February 2015, he was detained and arrested on charges of public calls for extremist activities (in connection with the Russian Right Sector group created on VKontakte). In 2015, he was sentenced to two years and seven months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony.
Others charged under Article 212 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
- Name withheld
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