Ivan Vorobyevsky
Ivan Vorobyevsky, born 1996, Moscow. Charges: Article 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Vandalism committed by a group of people, or motivated by hatred or animosity); “The "federal booth" case”. Sentence (May 10, 2021): one year nine months of restricted liberty. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, May 10, 2021.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Students
Sentence
one year nine months of restricted liberty
Upheld August 31, 2021
Charges
- Article 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Vandalism committed by a group of people, or motivated by hatred or animosity
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he prepared hygienic pads, four paper posters and red markers to commit the crime; on the night of 8 August 2020, he arrived at the building of the Lyublino District Court and proceeded to the metal fence enclosing the building; after that, "being ... in a public place in front of the building of the Lyublino District Court of Moscow, .... grossly violating public order, wishing to contrast his unlawful behaviour with the norms of public morality and aesthetics, expressing clear disrespect for society, cynically disregarding the rules of conduct in public places, with the aim of desecrating the above-mentioned building, placed opposite the gate on the metal fence enclosing the above-mentioned building ... ... prepared hygienic pads and four paper posters containing obscene, indecent and offensive inscriptions addressed to the Lyublino District Court of Moscow as a single federal centralised system of bodies administering justice on behalf of the Russian Federation, thereby disfiguring and desecrating the appearance of the said building, after which he fled the scene"; then arrived at the building of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation in the centre of Moscow, after which he approached the checkpoint to the Prosecutor General's Office,He "placed to the right of the entrance door, under the sign "Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation", pre-prepared sanitary pads and an AZ-size paper poster containing obscene, indecent and insulting inscriptions against the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, and poured some red dye from a pre-prepared bottle on the right wall of the building, disfiguring the appearance of the building, thus, by joint actions, desecrating and defacing it, causing the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation to be defaced and destroyed.
Latest event
January 1, 2022 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 10, 2021
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The "federal booth" case
· 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 "federal booth" case
- Case number
- 01-0002/369/2021
Other defendants in the case
- Igor Basharimov — At large
- Olga Misik — Not in Russia
Details and sources
Full summary
Was detained on 9 August 2020, the next day the court chose a preventive measure against him in the form of prohibition of certain actions. On 11 May 2021, he was sentenced to one year and nine months of restriction of freedom.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.