Igor Shkitov
Igor Shkitov, born 1980, Samara Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Igor Shkitov's case on incitement to terrorism”. Sentence (December 4, 2019): 1 year of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Samara Oblast · Tolyatti · Terrorism cases
Sentence
1 year
of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, the reposting in "VKontakte" of an article that mentioned the explosion in the Arkhangelsk UFSB on 31 October 2018 is a public call to terrorism.
Latest event
December 3, 2020 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year
· Persecution begins
Igor Shkitov's case on incitement to terrorism
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
Igor Shkitov's case on incitement to terrorism
- Case number
- 2-28/2019
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Togliatti.
On 4 December 2019, he was sentenced to a year in prison for reposting an article in Vkontakte mentioning Mikhail Zhlobitsky and the explosion in the Arkhangelsk FSB. He pleaded guilty precisely on the fact of resharing the post: he wanted to know what comments the readers of the article would leave.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.