Alexey Politikov
- Criminal Code
- Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Cases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 1 year 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2017-10-17
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, 30 August 2017
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Case summary
On 13 April 2017, on the same day as Artpodgotovka leader Vyacheslav Maltsev was detained, Politikov's house was searched. On 10 June, Politikov was detained during a search at Maltsev's house together with other activists of the movement. The next day, the court arrested him for two months on charges of assaulting a police officer during the dispersal of an anti-corruption protest on 26 March 2017 in Moscow. On 18 September, it became known that Politikov pleaded guilty and agreed that his case would be reviewed according to a special procedure. On 18 October, he was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. On 20 November, the appellate court reduced the sentence to one and a half years.
Others charged under Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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