Eduard Malyshevsky
Eduard Malyshevsky, born 1972, Moscow. Charges: Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “The Eduard Malyshevsky case”. Sentence (August 5, 2020): Two years nine months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, January 8, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, September 25, 2019.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Manual workers · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
2 years 9 months
Two years nine months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
First instance, December 8, 2019: 3 years
Charges
- Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, after being detained at the rally on 27 July 2019, while in the police bus, he with his foot squeezed out a glass, which fell on the commander of the department of the 2nd operative regiment of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who felt 'physical pain and dizziness', but was not injured, as he was protected by a helmet.
Latest event
March 14, 2022 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 8, 2020
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 25, 2019
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
· Persecution begins
The Eduard Malyshevsky case
Criminal case
The Eduard Malyshevsky case
Thematic group: Moscow case; The case of July 27th
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on 27 July 2019 during the dispersal of a rally for fair elections in Moscow. On 29 July he was arrested for 13 days under the administrative article on petty hooliganism. On 2 September it became known that he was in a temporary detention centre and taken into custody on charges of using violence against a representative of the authorities.
On 9 December, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. On 29 January 2020, the appellate court reduced the term by three months. In October 2021, it became known that due to alleged multiple violations of the regime Malyshevsky was transferred from the general regime colony to a single cell-type room on the territory of the strict regime colony. He was released on 14 March 2022.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.