Maria Kamenskaia
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 5 years
- Date of verdict
- 2024-08-16
- Region
- Rostov Oblast
- City
- NULL
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 2 УФСИН России по Республике Мордовия»
- Address for letters
- 431160, Республика Мордовия, Зубово-Полянский район, п. Явас, ул. Чернореченская, д. 1, ИК-2, ФКУ «ИК № 2 УФСИН России по Республике Мордовия», Каменская Мария Константиновна, 1962 г.р.
Case summary
A resident of the Rostov region. She was prosecuted for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to her involvement in a movement of "citizens of the USSR", which did not have a strict structure, but represented disparate groups of people denying the collapse of the USSR. On 16 August 2024, she was sentenced to five years in a penal colony, followed by a one-year restriction of freedom and a five-year ban on engaging in activities related to the organisation of public associations.
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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