Andrei Kutuzov
Andrei Kutuzov, born 1981, Tyumen Oblast. Charges: Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism); “The case of Andrei Kutuzov”. Sentence (March 13, 2011): sentences: two years' probation. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, October 4, 2011; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, February 7, 2011.
In brief
Tyumen Oblast · Tyumen · Teachers · Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years
sentences: two years' probation
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism
Full wording of the charges
On 30 October 2009, at a rally dedicated to human rights violations in different regions of Russia by employees of the Department for Countering Extremism, he handed out a leaflet with extremist content with the headline "Down with political repression! Cops to the wall!"
Latest event
February 2, 2014 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Memorial Human Rights Centre, October 4, 2011
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, February 7, 2011
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
The case of Andrei Kutuzov
Criminal case
The case of Andrei Kutuzov
Details and sources
Full summary
A criminal case for allegedly distributing a leaflet calling for extremist actions was opened on 18 November 2009. On 14 April 2010, Kutuzov's flat was searched, after which he was sent to a temporary detention centre for 48 hours as a suspect and then released on his own recognizance. On 16 April 2010, the FSB investigator took Kutuzov's signature on non-disclosure of the preliminary investigation data (this order was declared illegal by the decision of the Central District Court of Tyumen on 24 May 2010). On 1 November 2010, the criminal case with the indictment was sent to the prosecutor's office. On 14 March 2011, Kutuzov was sentenced to two years' suspended imprisonment with a probation period of three years. On 7 September 2011, after the verdict was handed down, he was dismissed from his place of work, presumably due to his criminal record. In July 2012, it became known that Kutuzov's Zapsibkombank card was blocked due to his inclusion in the Rosfinmonitoring's List of Terrorists and Extremists.
Previously, Kutuzov was subjected to pressure from the Centre "E" and FSB officers in connection with his public activities.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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