Nikolay Lyaskin
Nikolay Lyaskin, born 1982, Moscow. Charges: Article 236 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Violation of sanitary and epidemiological regulations (resulting in a mass disease or posing such a…); Article 236 part 1 applied with Article 33 part 4, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement to violate sanitary and epidemiological regulations (resulting in a mass illness or…); “Case of Nikolai Lyaskin”, opened on January 30, 2021. Sentence (August 5, 2021): 1 year imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 24, 2021; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, February 9, 2021.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Politicians · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
1 year imprisonment
Upheld February 24, 2022
Charges
- Article 159 part 4, Russian Criminal Code — Fraud (committed by a group, on an especially large scale or with deprivation of the right to housing)
- Article 236 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Article 236 part 1 applied with Article 33 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he incited the violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules due to the action in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January 2021.
Latest event
February 24, 2022 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, February 24, 2021
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, February 9, 2021
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Criminal case opened
Case of Nikolai Lyaskin
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
Wallet Case
Criminal case
Wallet Case
Other defendants in the case
- Vladimir Ashurkov — Location unknown
- Konstantin Jankauskas — Location unknown
Thematic group: A case of the wallets
Case of Nikolai Lyaskin
Thematic group: Palace case; Sanitary case
Details and sources
Full summary
Nikolay is an ecologist, former expert of Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, creator of the Clean Air project and host of the YouTube channel Navalny LIVE. He participated in the 2016 State Duma elections.
The reason for the prosecution was that in the summer of 2013 Lyaskin contributed money to Navalny's election fund and then offset the amount by collecting donations on his Yandex wallet. In May 2014, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on alleged fraud with this money. The flat where Lyaskin was registered was searched. On 11 June 2014, the day of the official announcement of elections to the Moscow City Duma, where Lyaskin was going to run for office, he was summoned for questioning and signed a personal recognizance. The further fate of the case is unknown.
On 30 January 2021, he was detained in a criminal case for violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules. On 1 February, the court chose Lyaskin a prohibition of certain actions as a measure of restraint. Later, he was charged with incitement to violate the rules. On 6 August, he was sentenced to a year of restricted freedom. On 23 September, the appellate court reduced the term by two months.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- travel ban (written undertaking)
- Persecution episodes
- 2
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