Rustem Mulyukov
Rustem Mulyukov, born 1977, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in an extremist community); “Lilia Chanysheva and Rustem Mulyukov Extremist Community Case”, opened on January 1, 2021. Sentence (June 14, 2023): 2 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony; previously convicted under Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 13, 2022; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, November 1, 2021.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Ufa · Lawyers · Extremism cases, Cases against Navalny/ACF supporters, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
2 years 6 months
deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
Upheld October 24, 2024
Other verdicts
- February 11, 2019 — two years' suspended sentence
Charges
- Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism
- Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in an extremist community
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he was a member of an extremist organisation, within the framework of which he held "uncoordinated public events, during which calls to extremist and terrorist activities were made, unlawful actions were committed, entailing violation of human and civil rights and freedoms, harm to public order and public safety"
Latest event
November 12, 2024 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, September 13, 2022
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, September 12, 2022
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Memorial Human Rights Centre, November 1, 2021
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Bashkortostan
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution ends
· Criminal case opened
Lilia Chanysheva and Rustem Mulyukov Extremist Community Case
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Case of Rustem Mulyukov on calls to extremism in connection with his speech at a rally on 12 June 2017 in Ufa
Criminal case
Lilia Chanysheva and Rustem Mulyukov Extremist Community Case
- Case number
- 1-144/2023
Other defendants in the case
- Lilia Chanysheva — Not in Russia, 9 years 6 months
Thematic group: The case of the extremist community led by Navalny
Case of Rustem Mulyukov on calls to extremism in connection with his speech at a rally on 12 June 2017 in Ufa
- Case number
- 1-25/2019(1-460/2018;)
Thematic group: The case of 12 June
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Ufa. In November 2017, it became known that a case on calls to extremism was opened against Mulyukov in connection with his speech at the rally against corruption on 12 June, organised by Navalny's headquarters. In February 2019, he was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence.
In September 2021, it became known that a case was opened against Mulyukov for participation in the activities of an extremist community in connection with the activities of various structures of Alexei Navalny. A press release from the Investigative Committee named Mulyukov as a member of Navalny's HQ, although he had no connection to its structures; it also mentioned his speech in Ufa on 12 June 2017, which was the reason for the previous criminal case. On 9 November 2021, Mulyukov's home was searched. The next day, he was interrogated, and his signature on recognizance not to leave was taken. Later it became known that Mulyukov is under house arrest. Then there was information that a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen against him. On 15 March 2023, Mulyukov was again placed under house arrest due to missing a court hearing - on that day he was undergoing dialysis. On 23 March, Mulyukov was again replaced house arrest with a ban on certain actions.
On 14 June 2023, Mulyukov was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony. He did not appear at the announcement of the verdict. On 7 November 2023, after the appeal court left the sentence unchanged, Mulyukov was taken into custody in the courtroom.
On 13 November 2023, Mulyukov's lawyer submitted a petition to the Leninsky District Court for the immediate release of his client from serving his sentence due to his serious illness requiring regular hemodialysis. According to the lawyer, his illness is included in the list of diseases approved by a decree of the Government of the Russian Federation that prevent serving a sentence.
Mulyukov stated in court that his condition, despite the fact that he is taken to hemodialysis procedures, is worsening in the colony.
On 12 November 2024, the court decided to release Mulyukov for health reasons.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.