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Kukushkin Sergei

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Kukushkin Sergei, Primorsky Krai. Charges: Article 318 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Use of dangerous violence against a government official); Article 319, Russian Criminal Code (Public insult of a government official); “Sergei Kukushkin's case of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally "Antidimon", 26 March 2017”. Sentence (July 11, 2017): three years' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large.

In brief

Primorsky Krai · Vladivostok · Cases related to mass actions

Sentence

3 years

three years' suspended imprisonment

Verdict July 11, 2017

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, the participant of the rally on 26 March 2017 in Vladivostok grabbed a policeman by "the third finger of his left hand, causing the latter physical pain" (later it was said that the finger was fractured). The verdict states that due to the fractured finger, the senior sergeant was incapacitated for three weeks.

Latest event

July 1, 2022 — persecution ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Persecution ends

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 3 years

  3. · Persecution begins

    Sergei Kukushkin's case of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally "Antidimon", 26 March 2017

Criminal case

Sergei Kukushkin's case of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally "Antidimon", 26 March 2017

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

Thematic group: The case of 26 March

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

On 27 April 2017, a case was opened on the use of violence against Senior Sergeant of patrol service Aleksandr Petrunin during the dispersal of the anti-corruption protest on March 26: allegedly, an unknown person grabbed him by the third finger of his left hand, causing physical pain. On May 15, Kukushkin was fined under the charge on participation in an unauthorized protest. On June 26, he was charged with using violence against Petrunin, dangerous to life and health: now it was a question of pushing Petrunin in the chest and twisting his hand, which led to a closed fracture of the finger. Kukushkin pleaded guilty and agreed to a special order of proceeding. On July 12, the court sentenced him to three years' suspended sentence.

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