Dmitry Myakshin
Dmitry Myakshin, born 1999, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 318 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Use of dangerous violence against a government official); “Dmitry Myakshin's case of violence against police officers at an anti-corruption rally in St. Petersburg on 12 June 2017”. Sentence (January 16, 2019): 1 year 8 months of imprisonment. Status: at large.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Students · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
1 year 8 months
of imprisonment
First instance, July 1, 2018: 2 years
Charges
- Article 318 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Use of dangerous violence against a government official
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, a 17-year-old participant in the protest on June 12, 2017, in St. Petersburg, knocked out a tooth of a traffic police inspector. According to the defense, Myakshin accidentally fell on the injured party.
Latest event
July 2, 2020 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
sentence changed
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
Dmitry Myakshin's case of violence against police officers at an anti-corruption rally in St. Petersburg on 12 June 2017
Criminal case
Dmitry Myakshin's case of violence against police officers at an anti-corruption rally in St. Petersburg on 12 June 2017
Thematic group: The case of 12 June
Details and sources
Full summary
On 14 June 2017, detained after a search, at that time he was a minor. Accused of using violence against a police officer during the dispersal of the action on 12 June. Signed a covenant not to leave the country. At the end of September the trial began. The victim claimed that Myakshin hit him in the upper lip with his right fist. One of the police officers who testified in court stated that Myakshin was arrested after he showed the police officers a "fuck". The defence claimed that Myakshin fell on the police officer during the detention. On 2 July 2018, Myakshin was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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