Kirill Skripin
Kirill Skripin, born 1994, Rostov Oblast. Charges: Article 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Vandalism committed by a group of people, or motivated by hatred or animosity); “Kirill Skripin's case about the inscription "Putin - Thief" in Rostov-on-Don”. Sentenced on August 19, 2021. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, October 13, 2022.
In brief
Rostov Oblast · Rostov-on-Don · Lawyers
Sentence
Case dismissed
Upheld March 13, 2023
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
According to the investigation, grossly violating the norms of public morality and aesthetics, expressing clear disrespect for society, disregarding the norms of morality, rules of behaviour in public places, expressing clear disrespect for society, realising the unlawfulness of his actions and wishing for the occurrence of socially dangerous consequences, wishing to manifest himself, being [at the specified address], having an intention to deface and desecrate residential houses, acting on the grounds of political hatred, carried out the drawing of a political inscription: "PUTIN- Thief" on the wall of <....> with the help of white and black coloured paint, defacing the building and disfiguring its appearance," and then similarly applied the same inscription to another house nearby.
Latest event
March 13, 2023 — first-instance verdict
The court dismissed the case.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Memorial Human Rights Centre, October 13, 2022
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
case dismissed
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· First-instance verdict
case dismissed
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast
· Preventive measure: no preventive measure
Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Oblast
· Persecution begins
Kirill Skripin's case about the inscription "Putin - Thief" in Rostov-on-Don
Criminal case
Kirill Skripin's case about the inscription "Putin - Thief" in Rostov-on-Don
Thematic group: The case of "Putin is a thief" inscription in Rostov-on-Don
Details and sources
Full summary
On 25 March 2021, Skripin's home was searched and he was questioned first as a witness, then as a suspect in the vandalism case. He later told his lawyer that on that day he was forced to sign a statement stating that he, together with other defendants in the case, was a member of a group of "civil self-defence groups" and had painted an inscription about Putin on the wall and thrown a Molotov cocktail at the wall. He was given an undertaking to appear. On 3 April, he was taken into custody for attempting to leave the country. On 23 September, Skripin was released from custody without the appointment of another preventive measure. On 13 March 2023, the court terminated the prosecution of Skripin.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.