Artem Skritsky
Artem Skritsky, born 1986, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “Case of calls for extremism and terrorism against Artem Skritsky”. Sentenced on March 26, 2024. Status: location unknown.
In brief
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug · Artists · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases
Sentence
Upheld June 4, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case were comments in the group "Chukotka's Board of Shame" during a discussion of fishing, where Skritsky wrote about local officials: "Shoot them, what else is left... Don't get any ideas, I'm talking about the officials...".
Latest event
November 18, 2024 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
Case of calls for extremism and terrorism against Artem Skritsky
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Case of calls for extremism and terrorism against Artem Skritsky
Details and sources
Full summary
Glass artist. He lived in Chukotka before moving to St. Petersburg. In March 2023, he was detained in Dagomys (Krasnodar Krai), where he had gone on a vacation with his wife and his youngest son. According to Skritsky, the detention took place near the entrance to the house he was renting, but at the trial the police said that they detained him at the railway station and that he resisted the arrest. It turned out that the artist has been charged with inciting extremism and terrorism because of emotional statements about officials he made on social networks in 2021. Skritsky was taken into custody and brought to Chukotka. Two months later, he was released from custody under a no-travel obligation. On 26 March 2024, Skritsky was sentenced, details are unknown.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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