Evgeny Lesovoy
Evgeny Lesovoy, born 1966, Kurgan Oblast. Charges: Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “The case of Evgeny Lesovoy”. Sentence (August 7, 2018): 2 years' imprisonment in a settlement colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Kurgan Oblast · Kurgan · Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
2 years
imprisonment in a settlement colony
Upheld October 2, 2018
Charges
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, "deliberately placed text messages containing propaganda and calls for mass disorder, information aimed at inciting hatred and hostility, as well as calls for extremist activities".
Latest event
January 10, 2024 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Evgeny Lesovoy
Criminal case
The case of Evgeny Lesovoy
Thematic group: Cases of the "Maltsev revolution"
Details and sources
Full summary
Житель Кургана. Против него возбудили дело о призывах к экстремизму из-за сообщений в одном из чатов движения «Артподготовка», организованном политиком Вячеславом Мальцевым. 7 августа 2018 года Лесового приговорили к двум годам колонии-поселения.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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