Mikhail Svetov
Mikhail Svetov, born 1985, Moscow. Charges: Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being…); Article 354.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Denial of the facts, endorsement of crimes and dissemination of knowingly false information about…); “Mikhail Svetov case on the rehabilitation of Nazism”. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Bloggers · Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being persecuted for an administrative offence
- Article 354.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Denial of the facts, endorsement of crimes and dissemination of knowingly false information about the Second World War or insult to the memory, symbols and veterans of the Great Patriotic War (including when committed using official position, by a group of individuals, using mass media or the Internet, with falsification of evidence).
Full wording of the charges
The case was initiated because of the song 'Ah, Bandero, Ukrainian apostle!' which the blogger performed in his Telegram channel in September 2021.
Latest event
August 1, 2023 — persecution begins
Mikhail Svetov case on the rehabilitation of Nazism
Timeline
· Persecution begins
Mikhail Svetov case on the rehabilitation of Nazism
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
Criminal case
Mikhail Svetov case on the rehabilitation of Nazism
Details and sources
Full summary
He is an opposition politician, blogger, chairman of the social and political movement Civil Society, one of the main Russian-speaking popularisers of right-wing libertarianism. On 2 August 2023, it became known that Svetov was prosecuted for rehabilitation of Nazism because of his performance of a song about Bandera in September 2021 in his Telegram channel. Svetov believes that the case was initiated because of two-years-old denunciations from followers of Vladislav Pozdnyakov, the founder of the Men's State movement.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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