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Vasily Kostylev

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Vasily Kostylev, born 1982, Moscow. Charges: Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “Case on the use of violence against representatives of the authorities at a rally against pension reform on 9 September 2018”. Sentenced on August 27, 2019. Status: at large.

In brief

Moscow · Moscow · Construction workers · Cases related to mass actions

Sentence

Compulsory medical treatment

Verdict August 27, 2019

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, he punched one police officer in the facial area and punched and grabbed another police officer by the neck during the action on 9 September 2018

Latest event

December 1, 2020 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Persecution ends

  3. · First-instance verdict

  4. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

  5. · Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility

  6. · Persecution begins

    Case on the use of violence against representatives of the authorities at a rally against pension reform on 9 September 2018

Criminal case

Case on the use of violence against representatives of the authorities at a rally against pension reform on 9 September 2018

Case number
01-0144/2019

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: The case of violence against representatives of authority at a rally against pension reform on 9 September 2018

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Житель Москвы. Против него возбудили дело о применении насилия к представителю власти в связи с разгоном акции против пенсионной реформы 9 сентября 2018 года. Его задержали и 11 сентября взяли под стражу. 28 августа 2019 года суд отправил Костылева на принудительное лечение. В декабре 2020 года москвич освободился из клиники.

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