Maxim Vernikov
Maxim Vernikov, born 1992, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Charges: Article 284.1, Russian Criminal Code (Implementation, organization, or financing of activities of an undesirable organization); “Maksim Vernikov's case”. Sentence (February 10, 2020): three hundred hours of compulsory labour. Status: at large.
In brief
Sverdlovsk Oblast · Yekaterinburg · Politicians
Sentence
three hundred hours of compulsory labour
Upheld July 20, 2020
Charges
- Article 284.1, Russian Criminal Code — Implementation, organization, or financing of activities of an undesirable organization
Full wording of the charges
Participation in the activities of the Open Russia movement
Latest event
January 1, 2021 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution begins
Maksim Vernikov's case
Criminal case
Maksim Vernikov's case
Details and sources
Full summary
Maxim Vernikov, the former coordinator of Open Russia in Yekaterinburg, was detained on March 14, 2019, following a search. After interrogation, the activist was released on his own recognizance. He faced charges in connection with the case of conducting activities of an organization considered undesirable on the territory of Russia (Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code).
On February 11, 2020, he was sentenced to 300 hours of compulsory labor.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 284.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.