Aidar Kuchukov
Aidar Kuchukov, born 1959, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity); “Aidar Kuchukov's case”. Sentence (December 13, 2017): 2 years' imprisonment with a probationary period of 2 years. Status: at large.
In brief
Chelyabinsk Oblast · Miass · Former security officers · Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years
imprisonment with a probationary period of 2 years
Upheld February 20, 2018
Charges
- Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity
Full wording of the charges
In 2016 in the social network "My World" Aidar "imposed provocative topics other than those under discussion on the participants of the dialogue and posted messages based on national discord", as well as allowed himself to use insulting language against Russians; left comments on news items in various media, in particular, wrote "about the inevitability of the imminent defeat of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria, about the vulnerability of our weapons, about the anti-people regime of Vladimir Putin and the imminent growth of popular protest to change the government"; in comments on the news about the release of a Russian smartphone "started talking about the illegal actions of the FSB in Crimea, the anti-people annexation of the peninsula and the deterioration of life in Russia because of this".
Latest event
December 23, 2019 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Persecution begins
Aidar Kuchukov's case
Criminal case
Aidar Kuchukov's case
Details and sources
Full summary
Former investigator of the Miass Police Department, former lawyer, deprived of his status for violating the interests of the defendant in a criminal case. A case of incitement to ethnic hatred due to statements against the war in Syria and actions in Crimea was instituted. On 13 December 2017, Kuchukov was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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