Vadim Tyumentsev
Vadim Tyumentsev, born 1980, Tomsk Oblast. Charges: Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism); Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity); “Vadim Tyumentsev's case”. Sentence (December 29, 2015): Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 29, 2015; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, October 29, 2015.
In brief
Tomsk Oblast · Tomsk · Bloggers · Extremism cases
Sentence
5 years
Five years' imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld May 3, 2016
Charges
- Article 280 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism
- Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity
Full wording of the charges
He posted two videos on YouTube and on the social network VKontakte. The investigation charged the blogger with "dislike of citizens living in the territory of Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts of Ukraine". Also, according to the investigators, Vadim Tyumentsev called for participation in an uncoordinated peaceful action on the Internet and criticised the local authorities.
Latest event
January 30, 2024 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 29, 2015
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, October 29, 2015
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Imprisonment ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· 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 Tomsk Oblast
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
Vadim Tyumentsev's case
Criminal case
Vadim Tyumentsev's case
Details and sources
Full summary
On 16 February 2015, he was searched; a criminal case was initiated on calls to extremism and incitement to ethnic hatred; he wrote a confession of guilt, explaining that he had done so under threat of detention; he was under a personal recognizance, and on 28 April 2015 he was taken into custody (investigators suspected that he had left the territory of Russia); he was placed in a punishment cell twice - for 10 and 15 days: due to "non-performance of labour duties" and because during the first term in the punishment cell he refused to wear punishment cell uniform because it was too cold in it; during the court arguments, the prosecutor requested four years in a penal colony, he was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.
On 16 January 2019, Tyumentsev was released due to the partial decriminalisation of Article 282 of the Criminal Code.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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