Nizhny Novgorod Antifa-RASH amnestied

At the end of December 2013, a court in Nizhny Novgorod dismissed the Antifa-RASH case because the defendants were granted an amnesty.

December 27, 2013 Nizhny Novgorod District Court of Nizhny Novgorod dropped the criminal case against three members of Antifa-RASH - Pavel Krivonosov, Oleg Gembaruk and Dmitry Kolesov, because actions in which they were accused under Part 2 of Art. 213 (hooliganism committed by an organized group of persons or associated with resistance to a representative authorities), fell under an amnesty in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

The amnesty did not apply to Artyom Bystrov and Albert Gainutdinov, who are hiding from the investigation, who, according to the investigation, headed Antifa-RASH. The cases against them have been separated into separate proceedings and remain open.

Recall that the trial in the case of Nizhny Novgorod anti-fascists began in Nizhny Novgorod in March 2012 of the year. Initially, the accused, in addition to Part 2 of Art. 213 of the Criminal Code, charged part 2 Art. 282.1 of the Criminal Code (participation in an extremist community), paragraph "b" part 2 of Art. 115 and p. "b" part 2 of Art. 116 (respectively, intentional infliction slight bodily harm and beatings motivated by hatred or enmity towards social group). In October 2012, the Nizhny Novgorod District Court returned the case Antifa-RASH to the prosecutor's office to eliminate violations, however, in December The Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court overturned this decision and redirected the case to Nizhny Novgorod District Court.

March 4, 2013 Nizhny Novgorod District Court granted the petition of lawyers and terminated the proceedings under Part 2 of Art. 282.1, paragraph "b" part 2 of Art. 115 and p. "b" part 2 of Art. 116 due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.

Sources

• In Nizhny Novgorod, the court granted amnesty to members of Antifa-Rash // Criminal Chronicle NN. 2013. December 27.
• Antifa-RASH case closed under amnesty // Grani.ru. 2013. December 27.