Igor Maltsev
Igor Maltsev, born 1999, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)); “Egor Skorokhodov's case of a scarecrow in camouflage with a bag on his head”. Sentence (September 26, 2022): 3 years 8 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 9, 2022.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Manual workers · Anti-war cases, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
3 years 8 months
imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld August 29, 2023
Charges
- Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)
Full wording of the charges
took part in a performance in which an effigy in camouflage with a bag on its head and the inscription "TAKE IT AWAY" was burned
Latest event
November 26, 2024 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, May 9, 2022
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 8 months
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
Egor Skorokhodov's case of a scarecrow in camouflage with a bag on his head
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Egor Skorokhodov's case of a scarecrow in camouflage with a bag on his head
Thematic group: The case of the scarecrow in camouflage with the bag on its head; Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 12, Volgograd Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
404103, Волгоградская область, г. Волжский, ул. Александрова, 86, ФКУ "ИК № 12 УФСИН России по Волгоградской области", Мальцев Игорь Александрович, 1999 г.р.
Details and sources
Full 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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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