Yulian Zagitov
Yulian Zagitov, born 1994, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 213 part 1 item b, Russian Criminal Code; “Yulian Zagitov's case of hooliganism”. Sentence (September 11, 2024): 1 year of suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, December 19, 2024.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg
Sentence
1 year
of suspended imprisonment
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
Full wording of the charges
The case was initiated by leaflets with the text "PUTIN KILLED PUTIN KILLED PUTIN KILLED PUTIN KILLED PUTIN KILLED" pasted on a traffic light pole and on a street lighting pole near a public transport stop at the intersection of Tambasova Street and Veteranov Avenue, as well as leaflets with the text "Putin killed Alexey Navalny!" found in Zagitov's possession.
Latest event
December 19, 2024 — recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, December 19, 2024
Timeline
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Yulian Zagitov's case of hooliganism
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Yulian Zagitov's case of hooliganism
Details and sources
Full summary
A Resident of St. Petersburg. On 13 March 2024, he was detained in connection with putting up leaflets accusing Putin of killing Navalny. A case of hooliganism was opened against him, the next day the court sent him to custody. On 10 April he was transferred to house arrest. On 11 September 2024, Zagitov was sentenced to a year of suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 213 part 1 item b, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.