Sergey Sandin
Sergey Sandin, Altai Krai. Charges: Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)); “The case of the Barnaul anarchists”. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, August 11, 2011.
In brief
Altai Krai · Barnaul
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)
Full wording of the charges
made a protest poster out of a medical centre billboard depicting germs causing sexually transmitted diseases, pasting pictures of Medvedev, Putin, Zhirinovsky, Zyuganov and Altai Territory Governor Alexander Karlin on it
Latest event
January 1, 2012 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 11, 2011
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The case of the Barnaul anarchists
Criminal case
The case of the Barnaul anarchists
Other defendants in the case
- Vitaly Leonov — At large
- Daniil Malyshkin — At large
Details and sources
Full summary
On 2 February 2011, officers of the Centre for Countering Extremism searched Sandin's place of residence. He was taken to the police station, where he was held for more than a day without food and water, not allowed to sleep and being pressed (including physical pressure) in order to obtain confessions against other members of the Barnaul anarchist community. In the ward Sandin had an asthma attack. During the search, computers and other office equipment were seized. The search was carried out with procedural violations, the search warrant did not contain a stamp. The reason for the case was a poster on sexual infections with the inscription "Do you need such travelling companions?", on which were pasted portraits of Putin, Medvedev, Zyuganov, Zhirinovsky and the governor of Altai Krai Alexander Karlin. In 2012, the criminal case was closed due to lack of an offence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.