Konstantin Saltykov
Konstantin Saltykov, born 1998, Moscow. Charges: Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “The Konstantin Saltykov case”. Sentence (October 21, 2018): Ten months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, August 21, 2018.
In brief
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Sentence
10 months
Ten months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, during the protest on January 28, 2018, he grabbed a police officer by his uniform, struck him on the thigh, and tore a pocket from his uniform. Subsequently, he punched another police officer in the cheek and hit him twice on the back
Latest event
October 21, 2018 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 10 months.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 21, 2018
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 10 months
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The Konstantin Saltykov case
Criminal case
The Konstantin Saltykov case
- Case number
- 01-0242/2018
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on 28 January 2018 during the dispersal of the Voters' Strike action together with Alexei Navalny. He was arrested for 30 days under the administrative article on repeated violation of the order of holding public events (at the same time, the court arrested him for 15 days under the article on disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers). While Saltykov was in the special detention centre, he was visited by officers of the Investigative Committee, who informed him that he was being investigated because he was suspected of using violence against representatives of the authorities. Two hours before the end of his administrative arrest, he was detained and taken into custody the next day - he was accused of using violence against two policemen. Saltykov claimed that he had no intention to harm the officers, but wanted to help Navalny, who was roughly detained. On 22 October, he was sentenced to ten months in a general regime colony and released in the courtroom.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.