Alexander Zykov
- Criminal Code
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (in absentia)
- Sentence
- 5 years
- Date of verdict
- 2023-06-22
- Region
- Kostroma Oblast
- City
- Kostroma
Case summary
Former head of Navalny's Kostroma and Saratov headquarters. Left Russia.
In September, members of The Investigative Committee came to his mother's house, ostensibly to serve a summons in a criminal case. The summons was registered to his grandmother, who had passed away ten years ago. During the conversation, the investigator mentioned that he had talked to the head of the jewellery factory where the activist's mother works and hinted at her possible dismissal. In January it became known that seven people were questioned in the Zykov case in Kostroma, one of whom Zykov had never met.
On 22 June 2023, Zykov was sentenced in absentia to five years in penal colony.
Others charged under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
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