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Mikhail Pokalchuk

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Mikhail Pokalchuk, born 1995, Vladimir Oblast. Charges: Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity); “The case of Mikhail Pokalchuk”. Sentence (February 26, 2017): one year suspended sentence. Status: at large.

In brief

Vladimir Oblast · Gorokhovets · Service workers · Extremism cases

Sentence

1 year

one year suspended sentence

Verdict February 26, 2017

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

On 19 May 2016, he posted a video on his page in the social network VKontakte, which, according to the prosecutor's office, had "signs of humiliation of human dignity and incitement of hatred, enmity (discord) on the grounds of belonging to the group "anti-fascists"

Latest event

April 7, 2018 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list

  2. · Persecution ends

  3. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  4. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 1 year

  5. · Persecution begins

    The case of Mikhail Pokalchuk

Criminal case

The case of Mikhail Pokalchuk

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Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

On 19 May 2016, Pokalchuk posted a video on his page in the social network VKontakte, which, according to the prosecutor's office, had "signs of humiliation of human dignity and incitement of hatred, enmity (discord) on the grounds of belonging to the group "anti-fascists". A criminal case was initiated under part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code - incitement of hatred or enmity. On 27 February 2017, he was sentenced to a year of probation

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