Mikhail Klimarev
Mikhail Klimarev, born 1973, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Charges: Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “Mikhail Klimarev's case on calls to extremist activity”. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Sverdlovsk Oblast · Yekaterinburg · IT specialists · Anti-war cases, Extremism cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
Charges
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
The case was initiated because of a comment calling on Ukrainian servicemen not to take Rosgvardia officers prisoner. In early March 2022, the ZaTelecom Telegram channel posted a video in which law enforcers beat a citizen lying on the ground with feet and batons, and used a stun gun, with an aggressive caption about Rosgvardia officers. As evidence that Klimarev administers the "ZaTelecom" channel, the law enforcers used portrait expertise: they compared an image from the passport database with a video posted on Nag.Company's Instagram. "Network Freedoms" notes that the authenticity of the Instagram account is not confirmed in any way in the documents.
Latest event
May 31, 2024 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
· Persecution begins
Mikhail Klimarev's case on calls to extremist activity
Criminal case
Mikhail Klimarev's case on calls to extremist activity
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Head of the Society for the Defence of the Internet. In May 2022, recognised as a "foreign agent". In January 2023, it became known that he was prosecuted for calls for extremist activity because of a comment calling on Ukrainian servicemen not to take Rosgvardia officers prisoner. In August 2024, an asterisk appeared next to Klimarev's surname in the List of Extremists and Terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring, which means that a case was opened against Klimarev under the terrorist article.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.