Vladislav Mordasov
Vladislav Mordasov, born 1996, Rostov Oblast. Charges: Article 212 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Attempt to organize mass riots); “The case of Vladislav Mordasov and Yan Sidorov”. Sentence (July 29, 2020): four years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Amnesty International — recognised as a prisoner of conscience, November 11, 2018; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, October 7, 2018.
In brief
Rostov Oblast · Rostov-on-Don · Manual workers · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
4 years
four years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony
First instance, October 3, 2019: 6 years 7 months
Charges
- Article 212 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Attempt to organize mass riots
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, sharing the views of "Artpodgotovka", committed deliberate actions directly aimed at organising mass riots; no later than 20 October 2017, with the intention to organise and participate in mass riots on the territory of Rostov-on-Don, with the aim of destabilising the political situation in the country and selecting associates to carry out "forceful" actions, namely mass riots in public places, accompanied by pogroms, arson, destruction of property, use of objects that pose a danger to occupants of public places, and the use of objects that pose a danger to the public.
Latest event
November 3, 2021 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a prisoner of conscience — Amnesty International, November 11, 2018
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, October 7, 2018
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 30, 2018
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
sentence changed · 4 years
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 7 months
· Recognised as a prisoner of conscience
Amnesty International
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region
· Persecution begins
The case of Vladislav Mordasov and Yan Sidorov
Criminal case
The case of Vladislav Mordasov and Yan Sidorov
- Case number
- 1-300/2015
Other defendants in the case
- Yan Sidorov — At large, 4 years
Thematic group: The case of preparation for mass riots in Rostov-on-Don; Cases of the "Maltsev revolution"
Details and sources
Full summary
On 3 November 2017, two days before the planned march to Sovetov Square in Rostov-on-Don in response to Vyacheslav Maltsev's call to stage a "revolution", Vladislav Mordasov, one of the administrators of a Telegram chat room dedicated to the action, received a call from the police and was offered a meeting. Mordasov left home and spent the night at the home of Yan Sidorov, with whom they were preparing for the event together. On 5 November 2017, Mordasov, together with Sidorov, was detained after going out on a picket. On the same day, employees of the Centre for Counteracting Extremism questioned him - as he later reported, he was subjected to threats and violence, in connection with which he was forced to incriminate himself and his comrade Yan Sidorov, with whom he was detained together. On 6 November he was arrested for seven days under the article on organising an uncoordinated event. Later, he said that employees of the Centre "E" came to him in the special detention centre and demanded to give a confession. On 9 November a case of preparation for mass riots was opened. On 10 November Mordasov was taken from the special detention centre to the investigation department, and on the way he continued to be pressured by the employees of the Centre "E". In the investigative department the pressure and violence continued, Mordasov again gave testimony in which he incriminated himself. The interrogation was attended by a lawyer by appointment, who was not supposed to be on duty that day. On 12 November he was arrested on the criminal case.
On 4 October 2019 he was sentenced to six years and seven months in a strict regime colony. The court of appeal left the judgement unchanged. On 30 July 2020 the court of cassation reclassified the charge from attempted to preparation for organising mass riots and reduced the sentence to four years. He was released on 3 November 2021.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 212 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.