Artem Vorobyev
- Criminal Code
- Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism cases
- Verdict
- Suspended prison sentence
- Sentence
- 4 years
- Date of verdict
- 2021-03-16
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
- Address for letters
- 107076, г.Москва, ул. Матросская Тишина, дом 18, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по г. Москве ("Матросская тишина"), Воробьев Артем Витальевич, 1994 г.р.
Case 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.
Others charged under Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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