Yuri Kuliy
Yuri Kuliy, born 1989, Moscow. Charges: Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “The case of Yury Kuliya on the use of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally "Antidimon" on 26 March 2017”. Sentence (May 17, 2017): eight months' imprisonment in an open prison. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 12, 2017; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, June 4, 2017.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Artists · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
8 months
eight months' imprisonment in an open prison
Upheld June 18, 2017
Charges
- Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, during an anti-corruption rally on 26 March 2017, he grabbed "the hand in the shoulder area" of the National Guard officer Dmitry Gavryutin, which caused him pain.
Latest event
December 1, 2017 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, June 12, 2017
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 4, 2017
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 months
· Persecution begins
The case of Yury Kuliya on the use of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally "Antidimon" on 26 March 2017
Criminal case
The case of Yury Kuliya on the use of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally "Antidimon" on 26 March 2017
Thematic group: The case of 26 March; The case of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally "Antidimon" on 26 March 2017
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained in April 2017, accused of using violence against a riot policeman: according to the investigation, he grabbed him by the arm, which caused pain. He gave a confession, agreed to a special consideration of the case, as he expected a suspended sentence. At the same time, he told the lawyer that he was only protecting an elderly man, whom they were trying to detain. On 18 May, the court sentenced him to eight months in an open prison. On 1 December Kuliy was released.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.