Alexander Valov
Alexander Valov, born 1984, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 163 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Demands to carry out property-related actions under the threat of damage or destruction of the…); “The case of Alexander Valov”. Sentence (December 25, 2018): six years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, December 6, 2018.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Sochi · Journalists
Sentence
6 years
six years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld August 29, 2019
Charges
- Article 163 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Demands to carry out property-related actions under the threat of damage or destruction of the victim's property, dissemination of information that disgraces the victim or those close to them or violence.
Full wording of the charges
in the period from 13 June to 18 July 2016, offered for 300,000 roubles to remove an article on the seizure of a part of a public beach in Sochi by Yuri Napso, a member of the LDPR State Duma, and other information compromising the parliamentarian, from the BlogSochi website he edited, and received this money, and also demanded from Napso a monthly payment of 20,000-30,000 roubles for the absence of critical materials about him
Latest event
March 31, 2023 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, December 6, 2018
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai
· Persecution begins
The case of Alexander Valov
Criminal case
The case of Alexander Valov
Details and sources
Full summary
In January 2018, a case of extortion was initiated. On 19 January Valov was taken into custody. Valov claims that after detention he was beaten. Because of the transfer to a special block of the pre-trial detention centre, he went on hunger strike, after which he was sent to a punishment cell. On 19 September, the court began to consider the case. On 26 December, Valov was sentenced to six years of penal colony. On 25 April 2019, the court of appeal returned the case to the court of first instance due to irregularities in the transfer of materials for appeal. After the first-instance court again transferred the materials to the appeal court, the sentence was left unchanged.
In December 2019, it became known that Valov, who is in IK-14 in the Irkutsk region, was sent to a punishment cell due to some "operational necessity".
In June 2022, it became known that Valov was transferred from strict regime to general.
In January 2023, Valov was assigned a two-year administrative supervision after his release.
He was released on 31 March 2023.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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