Igor Orlovskii
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 280 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 354.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesTerrorism casesExtremism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 7 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2023-03-24
- Region
- Krasnoyarsk Krai
- City
- Krasnoyarsk
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 14 ГУФСИН России по Иркутской области»
- Address for letters
- 665809, г.Ангарск, Первый промышленный массив, квартал 9, строение 10/1, ФКУ «ИК № 14 ГУФСИН России по Иркутской области», Орловский Игорь Сергеевич, 1970 г.р.
Case summary
Igor Orlovskii is a resident of Krasnoyarsk. At different times he worked as a turner, practised sculpting, ceramics, kneaded dough, did industrial climbing and decorative finishing work. He was interested in speleology and published a home-made magazine. A case was brought against him for public justification of terrorism and calls for extremism because of his anti-war comments. On 24 March 2023, Igor was sentenced to three years in prison. The case of rehabilitation of Nazism and dissemination of of knowingly false information about the Armed Forces was initiated from this case's materials. In the second case, on 13 November 2023, Igor was sentenced to seven and a half years, taking into account the previous sentence.
Others charged under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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