Vladimir Metelkin
Vladimir Metelkin, born 1994, Moscow. Charges: Article 151.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement or public incitement of two or more minors to commit unlawful acts endangering their…); “DOXA editors' case of involving minors in activities dangerous to their lives”. Sentence (April 11, 2022): Two years of corrective labor through wage docking, prohibition to engage in the administration of Internet sites for… Status: not in Russia. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, May 10, 2021.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Journalists · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
Two years of corrective labor through wage docking, prohibition to engage in the administration of Internet sites for three years
Upheld February 21, 2023
Charges
- Article 298.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Defamation of law enforcement and judicial personnel
- Article 151.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement or public incitement of two or more minors to commit unlawful acts endangering their lives.
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he participated in recording and distribution of videos "in order to increase the audience" of the protest action. According to the investigator, "the actions of Volkov and his supporters Aramyan, Tyshkevich, Gutnikova and Metelkin resulted in uncoordinated public events, which led to the detention and administrative prosecution of more than 100 minors". In addition, "in a difficult epidemiological situation, the actions of the defendants created a real threat of coronavirus infection of an unlimited number of people". Later, a slander case was also brought against Metelkin over his statements that the investigator in charge of his case had called him a sexual hero and touched him with her hands.
Latest event
February 21, 2023 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 10, 2021
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Criminal case opened
Vladimir Metelkin's case of defamation of an investigator
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
DOXA editors' case of involving minors in activities dangerous to their lives
Criminal case
DOXA editors' case of involving minors in activities dangerous to their lives
- Case number
- 01-0001/208/2022 (01-0035/208/2021)
Other defendants in the case
- Armen Aramyan — Not in Russia
- Alla Gutnikova — Location unknown, 2 months
- Natalia Tyshkevich — At large
Thematic group: Palace case
Vladimir Metelkin's case of defamation of an investigator
Thematic group: Palace case
Details and sources
Full summary
Editor of the DOXA student magazine.
On 14 April 2021, he was detained after a search in a case involving minors in activities dangerous to their lives. On the same day, the court imposed on Metelkin a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain activities, which implied, inter alia, the inability to leave the house for more than one minute per day. Later, the court of appeal instance allowed Metelkin to walk for two hours. The investigation scheduled Metelkin for interrogations on all working days until the end of May.
On 28 May, it became known that a slander case had been initiated against investigator Ekaterina Zhizhmanova, who was in charge of his case but was suspended at his request. On 22 April Metelkin applied for Zhizhmanova's dismissal due to psychological pressure: he said that the investigator called him a "sexual hero" and reported that she had found Metelkin's Instagram account. The journalist also said that Zhizhmanova touched him with her hands.
On 12 April 2022, sentenced to two years of corrective labor through wage docking, the preventive measure was canceled. He left Russia and declared wanted.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- ban on certain activities
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 151.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.