Maxim Kormelitsky
- Criminal Code
- Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (open prison colony)
- Sentence
- 1 year 3 months
- Date of verdict
- 2016-05-30
- Region
- Novosibirsk Oblast
- City
- Berdsk
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial Human Rights Centre, 4 September 2016
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Case summary
Resident of Novosibirsk. On the application of Orthodox activist Yuri Zadoi, a case of incitement to religious hatred was brought against him in connection with a publication on the social network VKontakte. On 31st May 2016, Kormelitsky was sentenced to a year in a penal colony. The court added another three months to the sentence, as Kormelitsky had previously been sentenced to a suspended sentence, the probation period for which had not expired.
In September 2016, shortly before Kormelitsky was due to go to a penal colony, he was arrested on charges of attempted murder of a girl. We do not see a political motive in this prosecution.
Others charged under Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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