Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Kuznetsova, born 1992, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 212 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement to mass riots); Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism); Article 282 part 2 item a, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity with the use of violence or the threat of violence); “The Case of the Other Russia in Komsomolsk-on-Amur”. Sentence (May 7, 2013): sentences: one year six months' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, May 12, 2013.
In brief
Khabarovsk Krai · Komsomolsk-on-Amur · Extremism cases
Sentence
1 year 6 months
sentences: one year six months' suspended imprisonment
Upheld September 18, 2013
Charges
- Article 212 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement to mass riots
- Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism
- Article 282 part 2 item a, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity with the use of violence or the threat of violence
Full wording of the charges
incited hatred, called for mass riots and extremist actions
Latest event
January 1, 2014 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, May 12, 2013
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year 6 months
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
The Case of the Other Russia in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Criminal case
The Case of the Other Russia in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Other defendants in the case
- Anton Lukin (Komarov) — At large, 3 years
Thematic group: The case of the Other Russia in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Details and sources
Full summary
On July 31, 2011, on the eve of the rally and march as part of Strategy-31 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, officers from the Center "E" conducted a search at the headquarters of the "The Other Russia" party in connection with a criminal case initiated on July 24. The case was related to the distribution of extremist materials during the party's promotional events. The organizers of the upcoming action, Anton Lukin and Svetlana Kuznetsova, were detained, and office equipment and printed materials were confiscated from their residences. On November 4, 2011, Centre "E" officers again detained Lukin and Kuznetsova and brought them to the Investigative Committee. On November 10, Lukin was charged by the prosecutor's office under Part 1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code following a confrontation with Kuznetsova. Kuznetsova received a one-and-a-half-year probationary sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 212 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.