Maksim Kalinichenko
Maksim Kalinichenko, born 1977, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 212 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement to mass riots); Article 318 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 4, Russian Criminal Code (Abetting to the use of dangerous violence against a representative of the authorities); “Maksim Kalinichenko's case”. Sentence (February 27, 2013): 2 years 6 months' suspended sentence. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, February 27, 2013.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Office workers
Sentence
2 years 6 months
suspended sentence
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 212 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement to mass riots
- Article 318 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 4, Russian Criminal Code — Abetting to the use of dangerous violence against a representative of the authorities.
Full wording of the charges
shouted: "Beat the cops!" when a group of unknown hooligans attacked OMON officers who were monitoring the movement of participants between the two sites at the "For Fair Elections" rally
Latest event
March 23, 2021 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, February 27, 2013
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
Maksim Kalinichenko's case
Criminal case
Maksim Kalinichenko's case
Details and sources
Full 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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 212 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.