Daniil Konstantinov
Daniil Konstantinov, born 1984, Moscow. Charges: Article 213 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Hooliganism); “The case of Daniil Konstantinov”. Sentence (October 15, 2014): 16 October 2014. Chertanovsky District Court decided to reclassify the charge from murder to hooliganism, sentenced… Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, July 13, 2012; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Politicians, Teachers, Lawyers · Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
3 years
16 October 2014. Chertanovsky District Court decided to reclassify the charge from murder to hooliganism, sentenced Konstantinov to 3 years' imprisonment in a penal colony and amnestied him. On 20 October 2014, it became known that Konstantinov left Russia. 25 February 2015. Moscow City Court upheld the judgement in Konstantinov's case.
Upheld February 24, 2015
Charges
- Article 213 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Hooliganism
Full wording of the charges
He, along with five accomplices, was involved in a brawl near Ulitsa Academika Yangelia metro station. The fight began when Konstantinov spat on the jacket of Alexei Temnikov, an unemployed man he had not previously known, due to a combination of personal dislike and a general aversion to the informal punk movement.
Latest event
October 18, 2024 — added to the register of “foreign agents”
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, July 13, 2012
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
Timeline
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The case of Daniil Konstantinov
Criminal case
The case of Daniil Konstantinov
Details and sources
Full summary
Daniil Konstantinov is a leader of the Moscow Defence League and an active participant in mass protest events that took place in December 2011. On the 5th of December 2011, he was apprehended following an event at Chistye Prudy. Then, on the 22nd of March 2012, he was arrested on charges related to the murder of Alexei Temnikov, who was unemployed at the time, on the 3rd of December near Ulitsa Akademika Yangela metro station. The altercation leading to the murder was allegedly motivated by a dislike for the informal punk movement.
Konstantinov has provided an alibi, stating that on the 3rd of December 2011, he was attending his mother's birthday party on Prospekt Mira. There is no evidence linking him to the crime scene on the other side of the city. The prosecution's case relies on the testimony of witness Alexei Sofronov, and there are concerns about the identification process, with allegedly falsified interrogation protocols of the witness. Sofronov himself has faced multiple theft-related charges.
The prosecution sought a 10-year prison sentence in a strict regime penal colony for Konstantinov. However, on the 26th of December, Judge Galina Tyurkina of the Chertanovsky District Court in Moscow decided to return the case to the prosecutor's office for further investigation. The case underwent additional investigation, but the indictment remained unchanged.
During the second trial at the Chertanovsky District Court, the prosecution once again requested a 10-year prison sentence in a strict regime penal colony. On the 16th of October 2014, the court decided to reclassify the charge from murder to hooliganism, ultimately sentencing Konstantinov to three years in a penal colony. He was granted amnesty. On the 20th of October, it was reported that Konstantinov had left Russia.
On the 25th of February 2015, the Moscow City Court upheld the decision in Konstantinov's case.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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