Sergey Lavrov
Sergey Lavrov, born 1991, Kursk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Sergey Lavrov's case of incitement to terrorism”, opened on June 5, 2019. Sentence (May 28, 2020): 5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, compulsory outpatient psychiatric treatment, and a ban…; previously convicted under Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, October 15, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, October 5, 2020.
In brief
Kursk Oblast · Kursk · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases
Sentence
1 year
one year of suspended imprisonment; amnesty
No information about an appeal ruling.
Other verdicts
- May 28, 2020 — 5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony, compulsory outpatient psychiatric treatment, and a ban on administering websites, groups and chat rooms on the Internet for 2 years and 6 months
Charges
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Full wording of the charges
posted a video on YouTube with official photos of Putin, overlaid with a rendition of the song "Holy War", ending with a call for those dissatisfied with the regime to join the "Chapayev Special Forces"; republished Daria Polyudova's post "Putin! Answer for the terrorist attacks and bombings".
Latest event
January 1, 2024 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, October 15, 2020
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, October 5, 2020
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Criminal case opened
Sergey Lavrov's case of incitement to terrorism
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year
· Persecution begins
Sergey Lavrov's case on calls to extremism
Criminal case
Sergey Lavrov's case on calls to extremism
Sergey Lavrov's case of incitement to terrorism
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Lipetsk. At the end of May 2015, a case was initiated against him for incitement to extremist activity due to a YouTube video that suggested joining the "Chapayev special forces". Lavrov's flat was searched, during the search FSB officers informed him that his case would be handled by investigators from Krasnodar, due to it Lavrov assumed that he would be asked to testify against Kuban activist Darya Polyudova. In addition, during the search he was told that a second criminal case could be initiated against him for helping Polyudova. Lavrov was also charged with insulting a representative of the authorities. On 18 September 2015, Lavrov was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for a sanity examination. While Lavrov was in the hospital, an FSB investigator came to him and brought a resolution to initiation a case of incitement to extremist activity for reposting a publication by Kuban activist Darya Polyudova, which became one of the grounds for initiating a case against her of incitement to extremist activity. On 29 September 2016, Lavrov got a one-year suspended sentence and amnestied.
On 5 June 2019, Lavrov was detained in a new criminal case of incitement to terrorist activity. He was placed under house arrest. On 29 May 2020, Lavrov was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony. Presumably, he was released in the autumn of 2024.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.