Andriy Marchenko
Andriy Marchenko, born 1971, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism); “The case of Andrei Marchenko”. Sentence (September 30, 2015): 100,000 roubles fine and amnesty. Status: at large.
In brief
Khabarovsk Krai · Khabarovsk · Bloggers · Extremism cases
Sentence
100,000 roubles fine and amnesty
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism
Full wording of the charges
published statements on his Facebook page that "contain calls for violent actions, up to and including physical destruction, against the social group identified by the author - residents of Russia, who, in his opinion, are supporters of fascism and terror, who committed a violent seizure of the territories of Ukraine".
Latest event
September 30, 2015 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution ends
· Persecution begins
The case of Andrei Marchenko
Criminal case
The case of Andrei Marchenko
Details and sources
Full summary
On 28 August 2014, the FSB officers conducted a search at Marchenko's place, during which they seized all office equipment and mobile phones. The next day, the blogger was charged at the regional department of the security service under Part 1 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls to extremism) for publishing a post on 8 July 2014 with statements about Russia's actions on the territory of Ukraine. A week before the search, the blogger was also summoned to the regional FSS, where he was shown printouts of scans of a certain website, according to which he and another Khabarovsk LGBT activist, Alexander Yermoshkin, are the creators and inspirers of a "gay terrorist underground" aimed at organising an "orange revolution" in Khabarovsk. On 1 October 2015, Marchenko was sentenced to a fine of 100,000 rubles and amnestied
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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