Dmitry Putenikhin
- Criminal Code
- Article 319 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Corrective labour
- Date of verdict
- 2011-12-28
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial Human Rights Centre, 18 November 2011
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Case summary
for pouring water on prosecutor Alexei Smirnov after the Manezhny case sentence, a report was drawn up under the article on a threat or violent actions in connection with the administration of justice or pretrial investigation; Smirnov and police officers claimed that he shouted "Death to the prosecutor!", although other eyewitnesses and video footage did not confirm this; he was placed in a pre-trial detention centre; it was later agreed that Putenikhin would plead guilty and the charge would be reclassified under the article on insulting a representative of the authorities; on the day the decision on the measure of restriction was made, he was dismissed from work after a call from the investigator; he was sentenced to seven months of corrective labour
Others charged under Article 319 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
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