Nikita Kreshchuk
- Criminal Code
- Article 212 part 1.1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 6 years
- Date of verdict
- 2024-04-05
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
- Address for letters
- 125130, г. Москва, ул. Выборгская, д. 20, ФКУ СИЗО-5 ГУФСИН России по г. Москве ("Водник"), Крещук Никита Романович, 1998 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 31 October 2024
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Case summary
Detained in Moscow in September 2021 and charged with being involved in organising mass riots in connection with correspondence in the Chto-Delat! Telegram channel, which included discussions of potential protests during the Duma elections. Later it became known that Kreshchuk was also charged with incitement to hatred. On 5 April 2024 he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. In February 2026 Nikita was allegedly released from prison.
Others charged under Article 212 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
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