Kirill Martyushev
- Criminal Code
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesExtremism casesCases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 3 years
- Date of verdict
- 2023-01-30
- Region
- Tyumen Oblast
- City
- Tyumen
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 6 March 2023
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Case summary
Resident of Tyumen. On 5 March 2022, his home was searched. He was accused of calling for extremism because of a video he recorded after detentions at an anti-war rally, in which he said that police officers who use violence against protesters should be put on the electric chair. Martyushev was taken into custody. On 30 January 2023, he was sentenced to three years in a penal colony. He was released in August 2024.
Others charged under Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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