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Anatoly Plotnikov

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Anatoly Plotnikov, born 1966, Novosibirsk Oblast. Charges: Article 212 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparation to organize mass riots); Article 222 part 1 applied with Article 33 part 5, Russian Criminal Code (Aiding in the illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition); “The case of Novosibirsk supporters of Vyacheslav Maltsev”. Sentence (April 23, 2019): 2 years 6 months' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large.

In brief

Novosibirsk Oblast · Novosibirsk · Regional parliament deputies, Office workers · Cases related to mass actions

Sentence

2 years 6 months

suspended imprisonment

Verdict April 23, 2019

Upheld August 14, 2019

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, he was preparing to seize the building of State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Novosibirsk, stored weapons and ammunition.

Latest event

January 1, 2021 — persecution ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Persecution ends

  2. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months

  4. · Persecution begins

    The case of Novosibirsk supporters of Vyacheslav Maltsev

  5. · Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)

Criminal case

The case of Novosibirsk supporters of Vyacheslav Maltsev

Case number
1-127/2020(1-717/2019;)

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Cases of the "Maltsev revolution"

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Detained in March 2018 on charges of preparing to organize mass riots, he pleaded guilty and was subsequently released on his own recognizance. On April 24, 2019, he was sentenced to a two-and-a-half-year suspended sentence.

All fields of the record
Citizenship
Russia

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