Elena Kokhtareva
Elena Kokhtareva, Moscow. Charges: Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in mass riots); Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “The case of the Four”. Sentence (August 17, 2014): three years three months' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, March 3, 2015.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Pensioners · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
3 years 3 months
three years three months' suspended imprisonment
Upheld November 26, 2014
Charges
- Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in mass riots
- Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official
Full wording of the charges
Participated in the mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, used violence against police officers
Latest event
January 1, 2017 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, March 3, 2015
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 3 months
· Persecution begins
The case of the Four
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
The case of the Four
- Case number
- 01-0032/2017(01-0543/2016)
Other defendants in the case
- Alexei Gaskarov — At large, 3 years 6 months
- Ilya Gushchin — At large, 2 years 6 months
- Alexander Margolin — At large, 3 years 6 months
Thematic group: The case of the five; Bolotnaya case
Details and sources
Full summary
Elena Kokhtareva is an ordinary participant of the event on 6 May 2012 on Bolotnaya Square, who has no affiliation with any political movements or parties (at the time of the Bolotnaya rally). Following the events on Bolotnaya Square, her flat was searched for the first time on 19 March 2013. Kokhtareva was not at home, the flat was searched, and investigator Alexei Bykov went to Kokhtareva's dacha and handed her a summons obliging her to appear for questioning. On 25 March, after the interrogation, Kokhtareva was released on her own recognisance. Later she was charged with participation in mass riots and use of violence against a representative of the authorities. Kokhtareva pleaded guilty almost immediately. On 25 November she was charged in the final version. Kokhtareva filed an application for consideration of her case in a special order, but it was not satisfied either by the investigators or the judge. On 18 August 2014, Elena Kokhtareva was sentenced to three years and three months of suspended imprisonment. The court of second instance left the decision unchanged.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.