Valerik Melikyan
Valerik Melikyan, North Ossetia–Alania. Charges: Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in mass riots); “The case of Akhsartag Ailarov, Bimbolat Bekuzarov, John Dzhioev, Zaurbek Kaitmazov, and Valerik Melikyan on mass riots in Vladikavkaz”. Sentence (November 11, 2021): 3 years 6 months detention in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large.
In brief
North Ossetia–Alania · Vladikavkaz · Entrepreneurs · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
3 years 6 months
detention in a general regime penal colony
Upheld February 1, 2022
Charges
- Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in mass riots
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he took part in mass riots in Vladikavkaz on 20 April 2020
Latest event
January 1, 2023 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of Akhsartag Ailarov, Bimbolat Bekuzarov, John Dzhioev, Zaurbek Kaitmazov, and Valerik Melikyan on mass riots in Vladikavkaz
Criminal case
The case of Akhsartag Ailarov, Bimbolat Bekuzarov, John Dzhioev, Zaurbek Kaitmazov, and Valerik Melikyan on mass riots in Vladikavkaz
Other defendants in the case
- Akhsartag Aylarov — At large, 3 years 8 months
- Bimbolat Bekuzarov — At large, 3 years 8 months
- John Dzhioev — At large, 3 years 6 months
- Zaurbek Kaitmazov — At large, 4 years
Thematic group: Vladikavkaz case
Details and sources
Full summary
Armenian citizen who graduated from school in Vladikavkaz, the capital city of North Ossetia-Alania. Individual entrepreneur who worked in the catering industry. He was initially charged with hooliganism in the case of the people's gathering in Vladikavkaz on 20 April 2020. Melikyan pleaded guilty. Later, the charge was reclassified to participation in mass riots, but Melikyan refused to admit guilt. At first, he was detained; subsequently, his measure of restriction was changed to the prohibition of certain actions. The case file contains a video where Melikyan picks up and throws a small plastic bottle. According to his lawyer, Melikyan was at the rally by accident. On 12 November 2021, he was sentenced to three and a half years and presumably released in 2023.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.