Anton Podchasov
Anton Podchasov, born 1981, Altai Krai. Charges: Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism); Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity); “Anton Podchasov case”. Sentence (September 3, 2015): 1 year and 6 months' deprivation of liberty with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to work with… Status: at large.
In brief
Altai Krai · Barnaul · IT specialists · Extremism cases
Sentence
1 year 6 months
1 year and 6 months' deprivation of liberty with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to work with telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for the entire duration of the sentence, with a probationary period of 1 year and 6 months and deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to participation in the work of electoral commissions for a period of 1 year and 6 months
First instance, July 12, 2015: 1 year 6 months
Charges
- Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism
- Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity
Full wording of the charges
made on his page in the social network "VKontakte" republished the text "Russophobia post"
Latest event
March 21, 2017 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 1 year 6 months
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
Anton Podchasov case
Criminal case
Anton Podchasov case
Details and sources
Full summary
According to the investigation, in February 2014 in the city of Barnaul Podchasov posted on his page in the social network "VKontakte" "a text containing calls for hostile actions - violence and harm to a group of people of Ukrainian nationality in relation to a group of people of Russian nationality".
Podchasov himself, a candidate for deputy to the State Assembly of the Altai Republic from the party "RPR-Parnas", found out about it at the interrogation on 14 August, where he was announced that the status of a witness in the case was changed for him to the status of a suspect. Podchasov is accused of publishing the text "Russophobia Post", previously also published by Altai oppositionist Andrei Teslenko, who is the first defendant in this criminal case. On 13 July 2015, he was sentenced to a year and a half suspended sentence and for this period was deprived of the right to activities related to the operation of telecommunications networks. On 4 September 2015, the court of appeal instance deprived Podchasov of the status of a member of a precinct election commission for the same term.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.