Igor Orzhevsky
Igor Orzhevsky, born 1988, Moscow. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); Article 282 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity); “Igor Orzhevsky's case on "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism”. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Bloggers · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases, Extremism cases
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
- 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)
- Article 282 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity
- Article 282 part 2 item a, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity with the use of violence or the threat of violence
- Article 354.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Denial of the facts, endorsement of crimes and dissemination of knowingly false information about the Second World War or insult to the memory, symbols and veterans of the Great Patriotic War (including when committed using official position, by a group of individuals, using mass media or the Internet, with falsification of evidence).
- Article 354.1 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code
Full wording of the charges
The case was opened following a publication about the crimes committed by the Russian army in Bucha, a post criticising Putin, a picture of a billboard showing Putin with a Hitler moustache bearing the inscription "Get out of Ukraine!", and a publication about the "Freedom of Russia" legion.
Latest event
October 24, 2024 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Igor Orzhevsky's case on "fakes" about the RF Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Moscow. Together with his mother, he has been publishing information about the war against Ukraine, including news and ways to help Ukraine, on his website, social networks and Telegram channel. At the request of the Prosecutor General's Office VKbtwice restricted access to Orzhevskys' groups, and in February the personal pages belonging to both of them were definitely blocked. The reports were based on finding photos of activists bearing anti-war posters. In March 2024, Orzhevsky was fined 50,000 rubles under an administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences). He shared that his mother and himself had been receiving threats. On 16 May Orzhevskys were fined a total of 100.000 rubles under four instances of discrediting the army and display of prohibited symbols (part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the CAO). On 19 May it became known that Orzhevsky was prosecuted for spreading military "fakes" motivated by hatred or hostility and public justification of terrorism. He was put on a wanted list. In July, unknown individuals sent a document to Orzhevsky, from which it followed that a case of spreading "fakes", incitement to hatred and rehabilitation of Nazism had been opened against him. Later it became known that the case also included the article on public justification of terrorism.
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