Oleg Nepein
Oleg Nepein is listed as imprisoned, but other details in the same record do not agree:
- the end of imprisonment is recorded as December 1, 2023.
Oleg Nepein, born 1955, Saratov Oblast. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “The case of Oleg Nepein on disseminating fake information on the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentence (September 21, 2023): compulsory treatment. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 9, 2023.
In brief
Saratov Oblast · Balashov · Politicians · Anti-war cases
Sentence
compulsory treatment
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries (based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on grounds of hatred or enmity in relation to any social group)
Full wording of the charges
The case was opened because of comments about the war in Ukraine published in the Saratov-Engels Telegram channel, including about the events in Bucha, the bombing of Luhansk and Donetsk, an air strike on the drama theatre in Mariupol, as well as the destruction of the Ukrainian people on Putin's orders. Initially, the case was opened under the first part of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, but later the charge was reclassified to spreading false information about the Armed Forces with a hate motive (point "e" of part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code).
Latest event
September 21, 2023 — first-instance verdict
The court issued a ruling.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, June 9, 2023
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
· Preventive measure changed
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Federal Penitentiary Institution for the Saratov Oblast
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Persecution begins
The case of Oleg Nepein on disseminating fake information on the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal case
The case of Oleg Nepein on disseminating fake information on the Russian Armed Forces
- Case number
- 1-31/2023
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
He is a deputy of the Balashov City Council from the CPRF and a leader of the local pagan community. On 1 December, Nepein's home was searched, as a result of which law enforcers seized two computers, two phones, flash drives and a hard drive. The deputy notes that he was not familiarised with the court ruling on the search. After the search, Nepein was taken to the Investigative Committee for questioning, where he was forbidden from taking photos of the case materials.
In November it became known that a criminal case was also opened against Nepein under the article on repeated demonstration of Nazi symbols (Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code). According to preliminary information, the communist is accused of posting a publication with swastika in the news feed of the group "Saratov-Engels", he himself claims that he did not do it: "Swastika was published under my name. It's completely clumsily done, there is no expertise." In August, Nepein was already fined 1,000 rubles under the administrative article on the demonstration of Nazi symbols (part 1 of article 20.3 of the Administrative Code) - then, according to the activist, someone under his name posted a post with Hitler's Germany paraphernalia in the "Saratov-Engels" group.
After Nepein failed to appear in court several times, he was put on a wanted list and arrested in absentia. However, Nepein's wife claims that he was not in hiding, but simply refused to appear in court, as he considers himself a citizen of the USSR and claims that the courts of the Russian Federation have no right to try him. On 12 May 2023, Nepein was detained and taken into custody. On 21 September 2023, the court decided to send Nepein to compulsory treatment.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.