Nikita Kuvikov
Nikita Kuvikov, born 1986, Moscow. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “The case of blogger Evgeniy Volnov on the justification of terrorism”. Sentence (April 14, 2021): Six years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, ban on administration of websites for 2 years. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Bloggers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
6 years
Six years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, ban on administration of websites for 2 years
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he published a video recording of a telephone conversation in which he publicly stated that he recognised the ideology and practice of terrorism as correct, worthy of support and imitation - in connection with the self-detonation of Mikhail Zhlobitsky in the building of the Arkhangelsk Oblast FSB.
Latest event
April 14, 2021 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 6 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Persecution begins
The case of blogger Evgeniy Volnov on the justification of terrorism
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
The case of blogger Evgeniy Volnov on the justification of terrorism
- Case number
- 1-42/2021
Details and sources
Full summary
Ukrainian blogger and prankster. On 1 November 2018, the day after the explosion of the FSSD (Federal Security Service Directorate) building in Arkhangelsk, he published a video of his phone conversation discussing the explosion.
On 14 April 2021, he was sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment in absentia.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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