Maxim Smolnikov (Xadad)
Maxim Smolnikov (Xadad), born 1983, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “The Hadad case”. Sentence (March 16, 2023): a fine of 300 thousand roubles. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, June 28, 2021.
In brief
Khabarovsk Krai · Khabarovsk · Artists · Terrorism cases
Sentence
a fine of 300 thousand roubles
Upheld June 8, 2023
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
posted on the computer network "Internet" on the page of the site "Vkontakte" <...>, in free access, for an unlimited number of persons with the possibility of reading a text file containing signs of justification of terrorism, namely statements recognising the ideology and practice of terrorism as correct, in need of support and imitation. <...> in particular, in the text, the explosion in Arkhangelsk, it is reported that the actions of the terrorist M.V. Zhlobitsky are justified, caused by the given situation in the state, as well as by the actions of employees of various agencies
Latest event
August 14, 2024 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, June 28, 2021
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Khabarovsk Territory
· Persecution begins
The Hadad case
Criminal case
The Hadad case
Details and sources
Full summary
On 11 May 2021, Smolnikov's home was searched, he was interrogated, and the next day by court decision he was taken into custody on charges of public justification of terrorism. On 6 September, he was released and a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen. On 18 November, it became known that the prosecutor's office returned the case for further investigation. Later the case was transferred to the court. On 16 March 2023, Smolnikov was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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