Alexander Mylnikov
Alexander Mylnikov, Moscow. Charges: Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “The case of Egor Lesnykh, Maxim Martintsov and Alexander Mylnikov”. Sentence (December 5, 2019): Two years suspended sentence with a probationary period of three years. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, January 8, 2020; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, November 18, 2019.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Office workers · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
2 years
Two years suspended sentence with a probationary period of three years
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official
Full wording of the charges
According to the version of the investigation, at the action on July 27, 2019, together with Yegor Lesnykh, he attacked an employee of the Rosgvardiya and fell him on the pavement, "with two hands he grabbed the victim's right arm, overcoming his resistance, pulled him towards himself, holding him down and depriving him of freedom of movement".
Latest event
January 1, 2021 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 8, 2020
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, November 18, 2019
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The case of Egor Lesnykh, Maxim Martintsov and Alexander Mylnikov
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Egor Lesnykh, Maxim Martintsov and Alexander Mylnikov
Other defendants in the case
- Yegor Lesnykh — Imprisoned, 3 years
- Maxim Martintsov — At large, 2 years 6 months
Thematic group: The case of July 27th; Moscow case
Details and sources
Full 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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.