Artur Stepanenko
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism cases
- Region
- Murmansk Oblast
- City
- Murmansk
Case summary
Detained in the run-up to the Strategy 31 event in Murmansk on 31 January 2010 and at the event itself; accused of participating in the activities of a banned extremist organisation; subsequently detained in the run-up to a similar event; in Severomorsk, where Stepanenko lived, he was placed under surveillance; his flat was searched in December 2010; the case was closed and reopened several times; the court decided to close the case due to the expiration of statute of limitations
Others charged under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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