Andrey Shasherin
Andrey Shasherin, born 1980, Altai Krai. Charges: Article 148 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Violation of the right of freedom to conscience and religion); Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity); “The case of Andrei Shasherin”. Status: at large.
In brief
Altai Krai · Barnaul · Extremism cases
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 148 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Violation of the right of freedom to conscience and religion
- Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity
Full wording of the charges
Shasherin allegedly posted images on social media "violating norms of communication ethics in an indecent form, as well as norms of religious ethics in an indecent form and discrediting the administration of the Russian Orthodox Church", and containing "negative attitude towards Russians", and "negative attitude towards natives of the Caucasus and Central Asia and signs of incitement to hostility and hatred against a group of persons, incitement to hostile actions".
Latest event
January 10, 2019 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Andrei Shasherin
Criminal case
The case of Andrei Shasherin
Details and sources
Full summary
On 5 March 2018, police searched the apartment of Shasherin and his parents. Shasherin was taken in handcuffs to the Centre for Countering Extremism, where he was forced to write a confession about the publication of images directed against groups of persons on the basis of nationality and religion. Shasherin later retracted his confession. On 10 January 2019, the case was dismissed due to the absence of corpus delicti.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 148 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.