Alexander Zaitsev
- Criminal Code
- Article 212 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Article 33 part 4, Article 33 part 5, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 2 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2018-07-24
- Region
- Krasnoyarsk Krai
- City
- Achinsk
Case summary
Resident of the Krasnoyarsk Kray. On July 25, 2018, he was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony on charges of inciting and aiding mass riots and inciting hatred due to preparations for the “Maltsev revolution” on November 5, 2017. He was released in November 2019 and spent a year under administrative supervision.
Others charged under Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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