Anastasia Vasillieva
Anastasia Vasillieva, born 1984, Moscow. Charges: Article 236 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Violation of sanitary and epidemiological regulations (resulting in a mass disease or posing such a…); Article 236 part 1 applied with Article 33 part 4, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement to violate sanitary and epidemiological regulations (resulting in a mass illness or…); “The case of Anastasia Vasilyeva”. Sentence (October 13, 2021): 1 year of restriction of liberty. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 24, 2021; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, February 9, 2021.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Medical workers · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
1 year of restriction of liberty
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 236 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Violation of sanitary and epidemiological regulations (resulting in a mass disease or posing such a threat)
- Article 236 part 1 applied with Article 33 part 4, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement to violate sanitary and epidemiological regulations (resulting in a mass illness or posing such a threat)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, instigated the violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules in connection with the action in support of Alexei Navalny on 23 January 2021.
Latest event
January 1, 2022 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, February 24, 2021
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, February 9, 2021
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The case of Anastasia Vasilyeva
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow
Criminal case
The case of Anastasia Vasilyeva
Thematic group: Palace case; Sanitary case
Details and sources
Full summary
Previously known as Anastasia Vasilieva. Chairperson of the independent trade union Alliance of Doctors, formerly Alexei Navalny's attending physician, PhD in Medicine.
On 27 January 2021, she was detained as part of a criminal case for violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules, and her apartment was searched. On 29 January, the court sent her under house arrest. Later she was charged with incitement to violate the rules. On 25 February, the court replaced her preventive measure with prohibition on certain actions.
On 14 October, she was sentenced to a year of restrictriction of liberty.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 236 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.