Alexey Zakruzhny (Lekha Kochegar)
Alexey Zakruzhny (Lekha Kochegar), born 1978, Zabaykalsky Krai. Charges: Article 212 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement to mass riots); Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “The Lekha Kochegar's case”. Sentence (March 20, 2022): two years one month suspended sentence. Status: at large.
In brief
Zabaykalsky Krai · Chita · Bloggers, Manual workers · Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years 1 month
two years one month suspended sentence
First instance, February 10, 2021: 2 years 3 months
Charges
- Article 212 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement to mass riots
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
published "a video containing calls for mass disorder involving the threat of violence against representatives of the authorities".
Latest event
August 5, 2026 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 2 years 1 month
· Persecution ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 3 months
· Persecution begins
The Lekha Kochegar's case
Criminal case
The Lekha Kochegar's case
Details and sources
Full summary
In the early morning of May 20, 2020, officers of the Investigative Committee broke into Zakruzhny's apartment. They sawed down the door and conducted a search, during which they seized electronic equipment (gadgets), and after that Zakruzhny was taken for interrogation in the case of calls for mass riots and extremist activity. After the interrogation in the Investigative Committee and forensic medical examination, Zakruzhny was released. The lawyer of the Transbaikal Human Rights Center was not allowed to attend the interrogation.
On February 11, 2021 he was given a suspended sentence of two years and three months. On May 27, the appellate court returned the case to the prosecutor's office. On February 3, 2022, after a retrial, he was given a suspended sentence of two years and two months. On March 21, the appellate court reduced the sentence for one month.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 212 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.