Alexei Mironov
Alexei Mironov, born 1992, Chuvashia. Charges: Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); Article 282 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity); “Alexei Mironov's case”. Sentence (September 17, 2017): Two years three months of imprisonment in a penal colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Chuvashia · Cheboksary · Journalists · Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years 3 months
Two years three months of imprisonment in a penal colony
Upheld October 23, 2017
Charges
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
- Article 282 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity
Full wording of the charges
publicly posted on his VKontakte page a graphic image of an identity card of a citizen's subject to military conscription with the text in English: "God bless the USA Keep calm and f*** Russia" and an inscription over the image: "I officially call for .......... power".
Latest event
February 4, 2019 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 3 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
Alexei Mironov's case
Criminal case
Alexei Mironov's case
Details and sources
Full summary
In June 2017, a volunteer of Alexei Navalny's headquarters in Cheboksary was prosecuted for calls for extremist activity and incitement to ethnic hatred for publications in the social network VKontakte. A search was conducted on 17 June, hard drives, three knives and a disc with a film were taken, then Alexei was questioned by the Federal Security Service. The closed trial began on 4 September. On 18 September he was sentenced to two years and three months in a penal colony.
In August 2016, he was convicted under part 1 of article 20.3 of the Administrative Code (propaganda or public display of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols) for reposting an image with a swastika, intended to draw a parallel between Putin and Hitler. The Novocheboksarsk City Court fined him 1,500 roubles. On 22 January 2019, the case was dismissed due to the partial decriminalisation of Article 282 of the Criminal Code. He was released on 4 February.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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