Anatolii Nogovitsyn
Anatolii Nogovitsyn, born 1987, Sakha Republic. Charges: Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries); “Anatolii Nogovitsyn's case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces”. Sentence (March 21, 2023): Penalty of 280,000 roubles, due to the measure of restriction reduced to 200,000 roubles. Status: at large.
In brief
Sakha Republic · Yakutsk · Politicians · Anti-war cases
Sentence
Penalty of 280,000 roubles, due to the measure of restriction reduced to 200,000 roubles
Upheld May 16, 2023
Charges
- Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was a video message about the mobilisation announced by Putin on 21th of September. On 13th of April Nogovitsyn was fined 30 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Part 1, Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of reposting a video report by journalist Elena Kostyuchenko from Nikolaev. Nogovitsyn accompanied the video with the comment: "'Liberated' Berdyansk and Kherson, local residents are clearly not happy about the liberation".
Latest event
May 16, 2023 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution ends
· Persecution begins
Anatolii Nogovitsyn's case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces
Criminal case
Anatolii Nogovitsyn's case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Head of the Yakutsk branch of the Yabloko party. A case was brought against him for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The reason was a video message about the mobilisation announced by Putin on 21 September 2022. Initially, it was mistakenly reported that Nogovitsyn was given a custodial sentence. In reality, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. In November, Nogovitsyn's ban on certain actions was lifted because the hearing on the extension of the preventive measure did not take place. However, the preventive measure was extended on 2 December. Two witnesses at one of the hearings said that they were forced to sign the act of an operational event in which they did not participate: they had not seen Nogovitsyn's video and the disc, which the operatives were supposed to seal in their presence, and the police officers told them before the hearing what they should say in court. On 21 March 2023, Nogovitsyn was sentenced to a fine of 280 thousand rubles, but taking into account the period spent under the ban on certain actions, the amount was reduced to 200 thousand.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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