Viktor Levakov
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Navalny/ACF supporters
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 3 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2025-02-25
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН по Московской области»
- Address for letters
- 140405 Московская область, г. Коломна, мкр. Колычево, Колычевский проезд д. 6, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН по Московской области», Леваков Виктор Евгеньевич, 1966 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 28 August 2024
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Case summary
He is a resident of Moscow and a participant in the vigils at the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge near Boris Nemtsov’s memorial. On 22 August 2024, he was placed under house arrest on charges of financing extremist activities for his donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On 25 February 2025, Levakov was sentenced to 3.5 years in a general regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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