Alexey Nikitin
Alexey Nikitin, born 1991, Moscow 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…); “Alexey Nikitin's case on "fakes" on the Russian Federation Armed Forces”. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow Oblast · Sergiyev Posad · Anti-war cases
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
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 reason for the case was a certain comment published on VKontakte on 5 November 2022.
Latest event
May 7, 2024 — persecution begins
Alexey Nikitin's case on "fakes" on the Russian Federation Armed Forces
Criminal case
Alexey Nikitin's case on "fakes" on the Russian Federation Armed Forces
Thematic group: Anti-war case
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Full summary
Resident of Sergiev Posad (Moscow region). In March 2022, he went on a solitary picket outside the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour with a poster with a quote from Leo Tolstoy's book "Christianity and Patriotism": "Patriotism is the renunciation of human dignity, reason, conscience and slavish submission of oneself to those in power". He was detained; law enforcers found the quote to be discrediting the Russian army and drew up a report on the activist under Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences. In 2023, Nikitin walked along Novy Arbat street with a Ukrainian flag. "As this experiment showed, 98 per cent of people do not have any hatred towards Ukrainians, propaganda does not work as much as they try to convince us," he noted. After this action, according to the man, he began to receive threats. On May 7, 2024, law enforcers came to Nikitin's residence address and showed his relatives the man's search warrant. He himself is not in Russia.
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- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
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