Sergei Orlov
- Criminal Code
- Article 148 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 228 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 2 years
- Date of verdict
- 2022-12-18
- Region
- Krasnodar Krai
- City
- Armavir
Case summary
On 19 December 2022, Armavir City Court sentenced local video game blogger Sergei Orlov to a year in prison on charges of insulting the feelings of believers and illegal drug possession. Earlier, on 16 June 2021, Orlov was sentenced to a year and a half suspended sentence for stealing money from a bank card. On the aggregate of sentences, the court sentenced him to two years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Orlov was taken into custody in the courtroom.
The defendant pleaded guilty, and accelerated proceedings were used.
Presumably, he was released in December 2024.
Others charged under Article 148 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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