Sergei Komandirov
Sergei Komandirov, born 1995, Smolensk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); Article 282 part 2 item a, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity with the use of violence or the threat of violence); Article 319, Russian Criminal Code (Public insult of a government official); “Sergei Komandirov's case about the publication of the web series "Judge Gramm"”. Sentence (July 27, 2022): 6 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 6, 2021; place of detention: Penal colony No. 4, Tver Oblast. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, November 23, 2021.
In brief
Smolensk Oblast · Smolensk · Office workers · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases
Sentence
6 years 6 months
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld January 31, 2023
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
- Article 282 part 2 item a, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity with the use of violence or the threat of violence
- Article 319, Russian Criminal Code — Public insult of a government official
- Article 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code — Insulting the memory, symbols, and veterans of the Great Patriotic War (committed by a group of individuals or using mass media or the Internet)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in May 2021, Sergey Komandirov shared a video on social media that was said to contain “elements of justification of terrorism, the formation of a terrorist ideology, and a belief in the permissibility of engaging in terrorist activity”, and he was also accused of calling for “financial support for the author of the video, who had been convicted of a terrorist offence”. On 5 October, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against Komandirov under public justification of terrorism (part 2 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). The grounds were the publication of a video clip of the web series "Judge Gramm" on "VKontakte", which depicts a mock trial of Putin, Peskov, and Sechin, ending in death sentences. The video has not been officially banned and remains available on YouTube.
Latest event
October 1, 2023 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, November 23, 2021
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Smolensk Region
· Persecution begins
Sergei Komandirov's case about the publication of the web series "Judge Gramm"
Criminal case
Sergei Komandirov's case about the publication of the web series "Judge Gramm"
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 4, Tver Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
172011, Тверская область, г. Торжок, ул. Старицкая, д. 79, ФКУ «ИК № 4 УФСИН России по Тверской области», Командиров Сергей Эдуардович, 1995 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Smolensk. On 5 October 2021, Komandirov's home was searched and he was detained, after which the court ordered to take him into custody as part of the case of justification of terrorism. The reason was the publication of the video "Judge Gramm" with a mock trial of Putin, his press secretary Dmitry Peskov and Rosneft chairman Igor Sechin. On 30 November, after his detention was extended, Komandirov went on hunger strike, demanding a non-custodial measure of restraint. On 9 December, he ended his hunger strike.
At the end of March 2022, during a court hearing on the appeal against the change of preventive measure, Komandirov learned that the Investigative Committee had opened three more criminal cases against him - under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism (part 4 of article 354.1 of the Criminal Code), on incitement to hatred (paragraph "a", part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code) and on insulting a representative of the authorities (article 319 of the Criminal Code).
On 28 July he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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