Yegor Savchenko
Yegor Savchenko, born 2002, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Vandalism committed by a group of people, or motivated by hatred or animosity); “Kerch vandalism case”. Sentence (August 9, 2023): 1 year imprisonment. Status: at large.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Kerch · Unemployed · Anti-war cases
Sentence
1 year imprisonment
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Vandalism committed by a group of people, or motivated by hatred or animosity
Full wording of the charges
Painted anti-war graffiti together with Mikhail Zhidkov.
Latest event
August 9, 2023 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
Kerch vandalism case
Criminal case
Kerch vandalism case
Other defendants in the case
- Mikhail Zhitkov — At large
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
On 25 May 2023, law enforcers burst into the flat where Savchenko was staying with another persecuted person, Mikhail Zhitkov. At least one of them was dragged by the hair. Alexander Talipov, the administrator of the "Crimean SMERSH" telegram channel, who regularly writes denunciations of opponents of the war, said in his personal channel that Savchenko and Zhitkov were then arrested for 15 days. In June, they were sent under house arrest, although the investigation demanded that they be taken into custody. "Crimean SMERSH" also published a video with their apologies. Supposedly, on 9 August 2023, both were sentenced to a year of restrictions on freedom. However, on 5 October, the court of appeal cancelled the sentence. The reason was that the justice of the peace who considered the case prepared only the introductory and operative parts of the verdict in the deliberation room and attached the full version of the verdict to the case later, which is a violation of the law.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- travel ban (written undertaking)
Other people prosecuted under Article 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.