Alexander Mylnikov
- Criminal Code
- Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Cases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Suspended prison sentence
- Sentence
- 2 years
- Date of verdict
- 2019-12-05
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, 8 January 2020
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Case summary
On October 15 2019 he was detained after a search. The lawyer was not informed about his whereabouts for many hours. The next day Mylnykov was placed under house arrest by court order on charges of using violence against a representative of the authorities. Later, Mylnikov's case was merged with the cases of Yegor Lesnykh and Maxim Martintsov, accused of acting in an organised group.
On December 6, he was sentenced to two years of suspended sentence.
Others charged under Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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