Maxim Luzyanin
- Criminal Code
- Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Cases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 4 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2012-11-08
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, 3 March 2015
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Case summary
Maxim Luzyanin - participant of the event on 6 May 2012 on Bolotnaya Square, businessman, has a suspended sentence for extortion. On 28 May he was detained on suspicion of participation in mass riots, on 30 May Basmanny court chose a measure of restraint in the form of detention. He was also accused of using violence against several policemen and OMON officers. At first, Luzyanin claimed that at Bolotnaya he only prevented himself from hitting, but on 5 June, having recognised himself on the video, he fully admitted guilt. On 21 August, the Investigative Committee announced the extraction of Luzyanin's case into separate proceedings. On 9 November, he was sentenced to four and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. In spring 2015, he was released on parole
Others charged under Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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