Vitaly Leonov
Vitaly Leonov, Altai Krai. Charges: Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)); “The case of the Barnaul anarchists”. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, August 11, 2011.
In brief
Altai Krai · Barnaul
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)
Full wording of the charges
made a protest poster out of a medical centre billboard depicting germs causing sexually transmitted diseases, pasting pictures of Medvedev, Putin, Zhirinovsky, Zyuganov and Altai Krai Governor Alexander Karlin on it
Latest event
January 1, 2012 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 11, 2011
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The case of the Barnaul anarchists
Criminal case
The case of the Barnaul anarchists
Other defendants in the case
- Daniil Malyshkin — At large
- Sergey Sandin — At large
Details and sources
Full 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
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.