Alexander Shpakov
Alexander Shpakov, born 1977, Moscow. Charges: Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “The case of Alexander Shpakov on the use of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally "Antidimon" on 26 March 2017”. Sentence (May 23, 2017): One year six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 22, 2017; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, June 13, 2017.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Manual workers · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
1 year 6 months
One year six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
Upheld July 16, 2017
Charges
- Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official
Full wording of the charges
The investigation considered that at the rally on 26 March 2017, he tried to release other detainees on Tverskaya Street from a motorcade and in doing so, he struck at least two punches to the head of a police officer with his fist
Latest event
September 12, 2018 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, June 22, 2017
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 13, 2017
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year 6 months
· Persecution begins
The case of Alexander Shpakov on the use of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally "Antidimon" on 26 March 2017
Criminal case
The case of Alexander Shpakov on the use of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally "Antidimon" on 26 March 2017
Thematic group: The case of 26 March; The case of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally "Antidimon" on 26 March 2017
Details and sources
Full summary
On the night of 27 March 2017, he was detained at his home on suspicion of assaulting a police officer during the dispersal of the rally on 26 March. At this action Shpakov was detained and beaten, in connection with which he was sent to a trauma centre from the IAB. During the investigation, the appointed lawyer forced Shpakov to confess and agree to a special trial - he expected that the sentence would be suspended. In addition, the lawyer extorted money from his family for any information about him. On 24 May 2017, he was sentenced to one and a half years in a general regime colony. In the colony, Shpakov was placed in a punishment cell. On 12 September 2018, Shpakov was released.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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