Vitaly Leonov
- Criminal Code
- Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Region
- Altai Krai
- City
- Barnaul
Case summary
On 14 February 2011, Leonov was arrested near his workplace and brought to the police station as a suspect in a case of hooliganism in the form of a poster with pasted portraits of representatives of the authorities; in 2012, the criminal case was dismissed due to the absense of curpus delicti
Others charged under Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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