Igor Maltsev
- Criminal Code
- Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesCases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 3 years 8 months
- Date of verdict
- 2022-09-26
- Region
- Saint Petersburg
- City
- Saint Petersburg
- Facility
- ФКУ "ИК № 12 УФСИН России по Волгоградской области"
- Address for letters
- 404103, Волгоградская область, г. Волжский, ул. Александрова, 86, ФКУ "ИК № 12 УФСИН России по Волгоградской области", Мальцев Игорь Александрович, 1999 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 9 May 2022
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Case summary
A resident of St. Petersburg, Maltsev was subjected to a search and detained on March 7, 2022, in connection with a hooliganism case stemming from an anti-war protest. The protest involved burning an effigy dressed in camouflage, with a bag over its head and the inscription "Take away." On March 11, a court ordered his detention.
On September 26, 2022, Maltsev was sentenced to three years and eight months in a general-regime penal colony. He was released on parole on November 26, 2024.
Others charged under Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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