Egor Kazanets
Egor Kazanets, born 1999, Leningrad Oblast. Charges: Article 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Vandalism committed by a group of people, or motivated by hatred or animosity); “Egor Kazanets's case of inscription on the facade of a house”. Sentence (November 13, 2022): a fine of 30,000 rubles. Status: location unknown. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, July 10, 2022.
In brief
Leningrad Oblast, Saint Petersburg · Pushkin, Saint Petersburg · Drivers · Anti-war cases
Sentence
a fine of 30,000 rubles
Upheld March 29, 2023
Charges
- Article 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Vandalism committed by a group of people, or motivated by hatred or animosity
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, while being drunk, he wrote "Glory to Ukraine!" with an aerosol spray can on the facing tiles of the facade of the multi-storey house No. 1 on Izborskaya Street in St. Petersburg, "having the intention to desecrate the building on the grounds of ethnic hatred, recognising the unlawfulness of his actions, in order to show his negative attitude to the special operation in Ukraine".
Latest event
March 29, 2023 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, July 10, 2022
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
Egor Kazanets's case of inscription on the facade of a house
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Egor Kazanets's case of inscription on the facade of a house
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
A citizen of Ukraine. On 16 May 2022 he was taken into custody in St. Petersburg in a vandalism case. On 14 November, he was sentenced to a fine of 30 thousand rubles, a more lenient punishment than provided for by the 2nd part of Article 214 of the Criminal Code. In addition, the court credited Kazants's time spent in custody, thus relieving him of the need to pay the fine. On 25 January 2023, the appellate court overturned the verdict and sent the case for a new hearing, granting the prosecution's motion: the prosecution considered the sentence too harsh. On 30 March Kazanets was given a new sentence, the details are unknown.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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