Aidar Kuchukov
- Criminal Code
- Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism cases
- Verdict
- Suspended prison sentence
- Sentence
- 2 years
- Date of verdict
- 2017-12-13
- Region
- Chelyabinsk Oblast
- City
- Miass
Case 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.
Others charged under Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
What we write about political persecution
Recent material from this section. This is section navigation — the articles below are not about this person.
- 2026-09-04Georgia court clears extradition of Fugal ally to Russia
- 2026-09-04Russia labels Novaya Gazeta a 'foreign agent,' adds over 100 affiliated names
- 2026-09-04Russian court sentences hostage-takers from Rostov detention center to up to 29 years
- 2026-09-04Two Yabloko Duma candidates detained in Moscow two days before vote
- 2026-09-03British man says Russian police beat him, jumped on his head at station in Yessentuki
Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
Published under CC BY 3.0. The criteria for treating a person as politically persecuted belong to OVD-Info; FACTUM relays their assessment and makes none of its own.
OVD-Info has been designated an «extremist» organisation in Russia — by decision of the Russian authorities, like other independent human rights and media projects.