Vladimir Ratnikov (Komarnitsky)
Vladimir Ratnikov (Komarnitsky), born 1996, Moscow. Charges: Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting to or financing terrorist activities through an official position); Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism, or justification of terrorism); Article 212 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of mass riots); “The case of Vladimir Ratnikov and Dmitry Sporykhin”. Status: imprisoned.
In brief
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Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting to or financing terrorist activities through an official position
- Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism, or justification of terrorism
- Article 212 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of mass riots
- Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
- Article 282 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity
- Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)
- Article 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Creation and leadership of an extremist community
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he was one of the leaders of the "Black Bloc" and participated in the attack on LGBT activists.
Latest event
June 3, 2020 — preventive measure: house arrest
Timeline
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The case of Vladimir Ratnikov and Dmitry Sporykhin
Criminal case
The case of Vladimir Ratnikov and Dmitry Sporykhin
Other defendants in the case
- Dmitry Sporykhin (Makarov) — Imprisoned
Thematic group: The "Black Bloc case"
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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
107076, г.Москва, ул. Матросская Тишина, дом 18, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по г. Москве ("Матросская тишина"), Ратников Владимир Геннадьевич, 1996 г.р.
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Full summary
The leader of the nationalist "Black Bloc" Vladimir Ratnikov (Komarnitsky) was detained on 26 June 2018 after a search in his flat. On 28 June, Basmanny District Court remanded him in custody for 2 months. Ratnikov is accused of creating an extremist community (part 1 of article 282.1 of the Criminal Code), public calls for extremism on the Internet (part 2 of article 280 of the Criminal Code), calls for mass riots (part 3 of article 212 of the Criminal Code), and is also twice accused of inciting hatred or enmity by an organised group (point "c" of part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code). The reasons for the cases were both the activist's statements on the Internet and slogans chanted during public events.
On 23 August Judge of the Basmanny District Court of Moscow Yevgenia Nikolaeva extended the arrest of Vladimir Ratnikov for three months and three days. At the hearing it became known that Ratnikov was also suspected of public calls for terrorist activity (part 1 of article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) and hooliganism committed by a group of persons (part 2 of article 213 of the Criminal Code). Later it became known that the charges of hooliganism and incitement to hatred were dropped due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
On 3 June 2020 he was transferred to house arrest. On 15 February 2021 he disappeared on his way to court, on 1 March he was declared wanted and arrested in absentia.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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