Maria Motuznaya
Maria Motuznaya, born 1994, Altai Krai. Charges: Article 148 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Violation of the right of freedom to conscience and religion); Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity); “Maria Motuznaya's case”. Status: at large.
In brief
Altai Krai · Barnaul · Unemployed · Extremism cases
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 148 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Violation of the right of freedom to conscience and religion
- Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity
Full wording of the charges
published images on the social network VKontakte, which contain "linguistic, psychological and religious signs of expressing contempt for society in order to offend the religious feelings of believers" and linguistic signs of "humiliation of members of the Negroid race" and "propaganda of the superiority of the Caucasoid race over the Negroid race".
Latest event
January 10, 2019 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
Maria Motuznaya's case
Criminal case
Maria Motuznaya's case
Details and sources
Full summary
On 18 April 2018, a criminal case was opened against Motuznaya. She found out about it on 8 May, when her flat was searched and then she was taken for questioning. Motuznaya was intimidated and forced to sign a confession. She was given a covenant not to leave the country. At first the case was opened under the article on humiliation of dignity on the grounds of race, then the charge of insulting the feelings of believers was added. In the protocol of examination of Motuznaya's computer it was written that there were images of swastikas and Hitler, Motuznaya denies it. On 6 August the court started to consider the case. On 9 October the case was returned to the prosecutor's office. On 17 October Motuznaya reported that she left Russia. In December, it became known that the case was sent for additional investigation. In January 2019, the Investigative Committee reported the termination of the case.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 148 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.