Nikolay Veprikov
- Criminal Code
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war cases
- Region
- Saint Petersburg
- City
- Saint Petersburg
- Address for letters
- 196655, Ленинградская область, г. Колпино, Колпинская ул., д. 9, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области "Кресты", Веприков Николай Васильевич, 1980 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 27 June 2023
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Case summary
Veprikov was detained in the morning of 23 June 2023 after a search, the next day the court sent him to custody as part of the military "fakes" case. On 27 July, the court decided to release Veprikov on his own recognisance, the next day he was released from the pre-trial detention centre. On 23 September, Veprikov was arrested in absentia: according to the investigation, he went to Georgia. He was put on the wanted list. Initially, Veprikov was charged with the 1st part of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, but then reclassified to distribution of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the grounds of political hatred (paragraph "e" part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). In November, the appeal court cancelled the decision on the arrest in absentia.
Others charged under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
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