Oleg Makurin
Oleg Makurin, born 1975, Moscow. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Oleg Makurin's case”. Sentenced on July 8, 2021. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, July 14, 2021.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Manual workers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
Fine
Upheld December 20, 2021
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
According to the indictment, Makurin, no later than 21 December 2019, being in his rented room in Mytishchi, "having formed in himself a firm position on the correctness of the ideology and practice of terrorism, the need to support and imitate them, wishing to give publicity to this position through the use of the information and telecommunications network (hereinafter — ITS) "Internet", decided to commit public justification of terrorism by publishing a record (publication) of a terrorist nature in public access for an unlimited number of persons. Realising this criminal intent and "being aware of the terrorist orientation of the actions" of Zhlobitsky, who committed an explosion in the reception room of the Arkhangelsk FSB, Konev who opened fire in the Khabarovsk FSB and Manyurov who shot outside the FSB building in Moscow, Makurin posted a post on his VKontakte page with the text and two attached videos
Latest event
August 1, 2024 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Memorial Human Rights Centre, July 14, 2021
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Oleg Makurin's case
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Oleg Makurin's case
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Mytishchi near Moscow. On 13 January 2021, he was taken into custody in a case of public justification of terrorism. On 8 July 2021, Makurin was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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