Artem Primak
- Criminal Code
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesExtremism cases
- Region
- Khabarovsk Krai
- City
- Nikolaevsk-on-Amur
Case summary
An employee of the administration of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. No later than February 2025, a case was opened against him for calls to extremism. Telegram channel Amur Mash published a video in which he apologised for "calling out for the murder of Russians participating in a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine on the Internet in 2023". On 14 February 2025, Primak died after falling from the ninth floor.
Others charged under Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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