Valery Klimenchenko
Valery Klimenchenko, born 1992, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); Article 319, Russian Criminal Code (Public insult of a government official); “Case of Valeriy Klimenchenko on Justification of Terrorism and Insulting Authorities”. Sentence (November 23, 2020): 4 years 1 month of imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · village of Tbilisskaya · Bloggers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
4 years 1 month
of imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld March 2, 2021
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
- Article 319, Russian Criminal Code — Public insult of a government official
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in 2018, Klimenchenko posted a text entitled "The feat of Mikhail Zhlobitsky" on his Vkontakte page. The blogger was also charged with other posts: the investigation believes that in 2019 Klimenchenko published threats against police officer Maxim Ilyinov and the head of the Tbilisi district of Krasnodar Krai Evgeny Ilyin.
Latest event
September 1, 2023 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years 1 month
· Persecution begins
Case of Valeriy Klimenchenko on Justification of Terrorism and Insulting Authorities
Criminal case
Case of Valeriy Klimenchenko on Justification of Terrorism and Insulting Authorities
Details and sources
Full summary
Activist and blogger. Repeatedly faced pressure from the authorities. In 2018, he was detained because of a picket demanding resignation of the head of the Tbilisi district of Krasnodar Krai Evgeny Ilyin. He was fined 12,000 rubles (130 US$) following a picket with a poster "Thank you" Putin for raising the retirement age and VAT!", and also was issued three administrative protocols because of a series of solitary pickets "Thank you Putin".
The case was initiated in 2020. During the debates, the prosecutor asked to sentence him to 6 years in prison, on 23 November Klimenchenko was sentenced to 4 years and 1 month in prison. On 3 March 2021, the appeal left the sentence unchanged, and on 17 March 2021 Valery was added to the terrorist and extremist register of Rosfinmonitoring. Presumably, Klimenchenko was released in September 2023.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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