Kirill Zhukov
- Criminal Code
- Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Cases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (open prison colony)
- Sentence
- 2 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2019-09-03
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
- Address for letters
- 127081, г. Москва, ул. Вилюйская, д. 4, ФКУ СИЗО-4 ГУФСИН России по г. Москве ("Медведь"), Жуков Кирилл Сергеевич, 1990 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, 9 September 2019
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Case summary
On 27 July 2019, he was detained during the dispersal of a rally for fair elections. On 31 July, Zhukov's home was searched, after which he was detained in a criminal case. On 2 August he was taken into custody by court order. On 17 August, it became known that the investigative actions against Zhukov in the case of violence against a representative of the authorities have already been completed and that the charge of participation in mass riots is not in the case.
On 4 September, he was sentenced to three years in a general regime colony. On 22 September 2020, the court of cassation instance commuted the sentence to two and a half years in an open prison. He was released on 19 November 2021.
Others charged under Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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