Altan Ochirov
Altan Ochirov, born 1981, Kalmykia. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 items b, d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “The case of Altan Ochirov on "fakes" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine”. Sentence (December 23, 2022): 5 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 12, 2022; place of detention: Penal colony No. 12, Volgograd Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 28, 2022.
In brief
Kalmykia · Elista · Officials · Anti-war cases
Sentence
5 years
deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
First instance, October 18, 2022: 3 years
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 2 items b, d, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries (using an official position, a group of individuals, falsification of evidence, for selfish motives, or out of hatred)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, being the owner of the Volny Ulus telegram channel, he published information Russian servicemen shooting a civilian car with an elderly man and a woman in it, on the deaths of 14,000 Russian servicemen, on the Russian warships being destroyed and on Russian servicemen looting.
Latest event
December 23, 2022 — appeal
The court changed the sentence to 5 years.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, June 28, 2022
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 5 years
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
The case of Altan Ochirov on "fakes" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Kalmykia
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Altan Ochirov on "fakes" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine
Thematic group: Anti-war case; The case of "Volniy Ulus" regarding "fakes" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine in Elista
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Facility: Penal colony No. 12, Volgograd Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
404103, Волгоградская область, г. Волжский, ул. Александрова, 86, ФКУ "ИК № 12 УФСИН России по Волгоградской области", Очиров Алтан Санхимович, 1981 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
An employee of the Elista City Hall. Detained on 12 April 2022 at his workplace with the use of force, the next day the court ordered to take him into custody. A case was initiated for dissemination of deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces with the use of official position, by a group of persons and with the motive of hatred (paragraphs "a", "b", "d" of part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Later, the charge concerning the use of official position (item "a") was dropped from Ochirov. On 18 October Ochirov was sentenced to three years in prison. On 23 December the court of appeal extended the sentence to five years.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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