Yaroslav Levchenko
Yaroslav Levchenko, born 1986, Kamchatka Krai. Charges: Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism, or justification of terrorism); “Yaroslav Levchenko's case of public justification of terrorism”. Sentence (November 7, 2024): 2 years' imprisonment in a penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since July 15, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 5, Kamchatka Krai.
In brief
Kamchatka Krai · Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky · Sailors · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases
Sentence
2 years
imprisonment in a penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism, or justification of terrorism
Latest event
November 7, 2024 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 2 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Yaroslav Levchenko's case of public justification of terrorism
Criminal case
Yaroslav Levchenko's case of public justification of terrorism
Thematic group: Anti-war case
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Facility: Penal colony No. 5, Kamchatka Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
683006, Камчатский край, г. Петропавловск – Камчатский, ул. Вулканная, д.70, ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Камчатскому краю», Левченко Ярослав Викторович, 1986 г.р.
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Full summary
He was a specialist in trawl fishing and lived in Kamchatka. Those close to Levchenko claim that he held anti-war views and a criminal case was opened against him after he broke up a fight on a ship and was hit on the head with a bottle by one of the participants. When he went to the police to report the assault, he was told that he himself had been denounced for not supporting the war and for expressing sympathy for Ukraine. The court order taking Levchenko into custody lists his attacker as well as the ship's captain as witnesses. Levchenko was fired from the fishing company (according to other sources, he quit on his own), it gave him a negative characterisation for the court. A criminal case was also opened against the attacker. In January 2024 Levchenko was released on his own recognisance. On 7 November 2024, he was sentenced to two years in a penal colony.
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