Artem Vorobyev
Artem Vorobyev, born 1994, Moscow. Charges: Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)); Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in an extremist community); “Case of Artem Vorobyov, Dmitry Nikitin and Viktor Trofimov”. Sentence (March 16, 2021): four years' suspended sentence. Status: at large.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Extremism cases
Sentence
4 years
four years' suspended sentence
Upheld August 22, 2021
Charges
- Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)
- Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in an extremist community
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he participated in the activities of the "Black Bloc" and in the attack on LGBT activists
Latest event
September 1, 2022 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Case of Artem Vorobyov, Dmitry Nikitin and Viktor Trofimov
Criminal case
Case of Artem Vorobyov, Dmitry Nikitin and Viktor Trofimov
Other defendants in the case
- Dmitry Nikitin — At large, 3 years
- Viktor Trofimov — At large
Thematic group: The "Black Bloc case"
Details and sources
Full summary
On 8 August 2018, he was detained and arrested on 10 August on charges of involvement in an extremist community and hooliganism committed by a group of persons. The hooliganism charge was later dropped. On 3 June 2020, transferred under house arrest.
On 17 March 2021, sentenced to four years' suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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