Dmitrii Lamanov
- Criminal Code
- Article 212 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 212 part 1.1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 6 years
- Date of verdict
- 2024-04-05
- Region
- MoscowYamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
- City
- Moscow, Nadym
- Address for letters
- 125130, г. Москва, ул. Выборгская, д. 20, ФКУ СИЗО-5 ГУФСИН России по г. Москве ("Водник"), Ламанов Дмитрий Сергеевич, 1992 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 31 October 2024
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Case summary
He was detained in September 2021 in Nadym (YNAO) and taken to Moscow, where he was taken into custody on charges of involvement in organising mass riots in connection with correspondence in the "What-Do-It!" Telegram channel, where possible protest actions during the Duma elections were discussed. Later it became known that Lamanov was also accused of incitement to hatred. On 5 April 2024, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony. In February 2026, he was released.
Others charged under Article 212 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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