Dmitrii Martynichev
Dmitrii Martynichev, born 1973, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 116, Russian Criminal Code (Battery); “Dmitry Martynichev's case of assault”, opened on October 1, 2022. Sentence (May 16, 2023): 6 months of correctional labour suspended. Status: location unknown.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Anti-war cases
Sentence
6 months of correctional labour suspended
Upheld December 11, 2023
Charges
- Article 207 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Knowingly false reporting of an impending terrorist act (motivated by hooliganism, targeting social infrastructure or causing significant damage)
- Article 116, Russian Criminal Code
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he punched three times an underground passenger wearing a jacket with the letter Z — a symbol of support for Russian military actions in Ukraine. The victim suffered a lacerated eyebrow. The scuffle in the underground took place in May after the activist made a remark to the young man, and other passengers supported the guy with a Z on his clothes and called Martynichev a "Ukrofascist". At the same time, Martynichev claims that he did not hit the young man, and that the eyebrow laceration occurred accidentally during the crowd the push-and-shove in the train.
Latest event
June 1, 2024 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Criminal case opened
Dmitry Martynichev's case of assault
· Persecution begins
The case of a false bomb threat of the Moscow District Court
Criminal case
Dmitry Martynichev's case of assault
Thematic group: Anti-war case
The case of a false bomb threat of the Moscow District Court
Other defendants in the case
- Viktoria Arefyeva — Location unknown
- Polina B. — At large
- Barykina A — Location unknown
- Andrei Belous — Location unknown
- D. Bogdanov — Location unknown
- Anton Grachev — Location unknown
- Daniil Krinari — Location unknown
- Evgeniya Litvinova — Not in Russia
- Egor Pavlov — Location unknown
- Bella Rapoport — Location unknown
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of St. Petersburg. He participated in anti-war rallies. On 24 September 2022, he was detained in a case of a false report of a terrorist attack. The reason was a call from an unknown person about the bombing of the Moscow District Court. The next day he was released under an obligation to appear.
On 18 October 2022, police officers came to Martynichev's workplace and took him to Police Station No. 77 in connection with a case of assault. The incident stemmed from a conflict in the metro with a pro-war supporter. The scuffle in the metro occurred in May 2022 after the activist made a remark to the young man, and other passengers supported the man wearing a Z symbol on his clothing, which called Martynichev a "Ukrainian fascist". Martynichev claims that he did not hit the man, and the eyebrow laceration occurred accidentally during the push-and-shove. That day passengers handed the activist over to the police. He was held in Police Station No. 77 for a day, then fined 500 rubles under the article on petty hooliganism (Part 1, Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and released. Nevertheless, the young man, considering himself the victim, filed a complaint of assault.
Martynichev was left alone in the police station and, since he was not detained, he went to work, but on 19 October he himself voluntarily came to the police department of the Admiralteysky District with a lawyer. He was given a recognisance not to leave.
On 16 May 2023 he was sentenced to six months of suspended corrective labor. On 17 August 2023, the appeal court overturned the conviction and referred the case back to the first instance court. On 10 October 2023, at the retrial, Martynichev was sentenced to five months of suspended corrective labor.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
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