Zakhar Tatuiko
- Criminal Code
- Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesCases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (open prison colony)
- Sentence
- 1 year 4 months
- Date of verdict
- 2022-04-28
- Region
- Saint Petersburg
- City
- Saint Petersburg
Case summary
A resident of St. Petersburg, bartender. Studied at film drama courses. According to the investigation, during the protest on 2 March 2022, he grabbed a law enforcer with his hands and sprayed pepper spray in his face. The Investigative Committee published a video in which a young man with a blurred face during a conversation with the officer (also with a blurred face) fully admits his guilt in using violence against a representative of the authorities. The case was examined in accelerated proceedings. On 28 April 2022 Tatuiko was sentenced to a year and four months in a colony-settlement. He was released in December.
Others charged under Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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