Sergei Kurylenko
Sergei Kurylenko, born 1970, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “Case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces and calls for extremism in Norilsk”. Sentence (September 17, 2024): 6 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since January 1, 2023. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, October 29, 2024.
In brief
Krasnoyarsk Krai · Norilsk · Unemployed · Anti-war cases, Extremism cases
Sentence
6 years
of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld December 19, 2024
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries (based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on grounds of hatred or enmity in relation to any social group)
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigators, he published materials calling for extremist activity against a group of people singled out on national, socio-professional and religious grounds on Facebook. He also made publications containing false information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces.
Latest event
December 19, 2024 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, October 29, 2024
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces and calls for extremism in Norilsk
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №4 (SIZO-4) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Krasnoyarsk Krai
Criminal case
Case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces and calls for extremism in Norilsk
- Case number
- 1-311/2024
Thematic group: Anti-war case
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Full summary
Resident of Norilsk. In May 2023, he was sentenced to seven days of detention for his Facebook posts under the administrative article on incitement of hatred or enmity (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences), where he published "derogatory statements" against military personnel, their mothers and Russian citizens. He noted that he published the posts as a sign of support for his Ukrainian relatives. He also said that he had quit his job and sold his flat in Norilsk as he planned to leave Russia. No later than the summer of 2023, Kurylenko was taken into custody: it was reported that cases were initiated against him for spreading deliberately false information about the Armed Forces and for calling for extremist activity. On 17 of September 2024, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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