Dmitry Zubkov
Dmitry Zubkov, born 1989, Volgograd Oblast. Charges: Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “The case of Dmitry Zubkov on calls to extremism”. Sentence (May 24, 2024): 1 year 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony settlement, prohibition to create and use social media… Status: imprisoned.
In brief
Volgograd Oblast · Volgograd · Anti-war cases, Extremism cases
Sentence
1 year 6 months
deprivation of liberty in a penal colony settlement, prohibition to create and use social media accounts to post public information for a period of 2 years
Upheld July 17, 2024
Charges
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in March 2023, he published comments in a Telegram group "containing calls for violent actions against persons of Russian nationality because of their participation in a special military operation".
Latest event
January 20, 2025 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year 6 months
Criminal case
The case of Dmitry Zubkov on calls to extremism
Thematic group: Anti-war case
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Full summary
Resident of Volgograd. In February 2023, he was fined 10,000 roubles (US$112) because of a post in which he called Russians snitches. Later, a case was brought against him for calls to extremism because of aggressive statements about Russians participating in the war. On 24 May 2024, he was sentenced to one and a half years in a penal colony.
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- Citizenship
- Russia
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