Kirill Martyushev
Kirill Martyushev, born 1999, Tyumen Oblast. Charges: Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “The case of Kirill Martyushev on calls to extremism in Tyumen”. Sentence (January 30, 2023): 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, March 6, 2023.
In brief
Tyumen Oblast · Tyumen · Students · Anti-war cases, Extremism cases, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
3 years
imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld June 8, 2023
Charges
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
On 24 February 2022, while moving on foot in Tyumen, in an open group with the name "#NETVOYNE" ("No to war") for public viewing, he recorded and posted a video material featuring himself with an assessment of the activities of police officers, containing signs of incitement in the form of a call for violent actions against a group of persons united by their occupation in the internal affairs authorities.
Latest event
August 1, 2024 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, March 6, 2023
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Kirill Martyushev on calls to extremism in Tyumen
Criminal case
The case of Kirill Martyushev on calls to extremism in Tyumen
- Case number
- 1-56/2023 (1-773/2022;)
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full 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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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