Egor Zhitnikov
Egor Zhitnikov, born 1983, Udmurtia. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Egor Zhitnikov's case of incitement and public justification of terrorism”. Sentence (June 5, 2024): 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in general regime prison with a 2-year ban on administering websites and channels using… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since September 4, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 5, Udmurtia.
In brief
Udmurtia · NULL · Shop assistants · Terrorism cases
Sentence
3 years 6 months
imprisonment in general regime prison with a 2-year ban on administering websites and channels using electronic or information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet.
Upheld September 4, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, wishing to induce an unlimited circle of people to commit terrorist activities, including the violent seizure of power, he posted three text messages on his publicly accessible page containing signs of calls to commit a crime under Article 278 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, that is, actions aimed at the violent seizure of power or the violent retention of power in violation of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, as well as those aimed at the violent change of the constitutional system of the Russian Federation. Furthermore, being fully aware that the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam, committed by members of Ukrainian military formations, is recognized in the Russian Federation as a terrorist act, on the same day, he published a text comment containing a statement that acknowledges the ideology and practice of terrorism as correct and in need of support and imitation.
Latest event
September 4, 2024 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Egor Zhitnikov's case of incitement and public justification of terrorism
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Facility: Penal colony No. 5, Udmurtia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
427965, Удмуртия, г. Сарапул, ул. Раскольникова д. 53-а, ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Удмуртской Республике», Житников Егор Владимирович, 1983 г.р.
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Full summary
A resident of Sarapul (Udmurtia). A case was opened against him for the public justification of and calls for terrorism, including for a comment about the detonation of the Kakhovka Dam. On June 5, 2024, Zhitnikov was sentenced to three and a half years in general regime colony.
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