Members of the IGPR "ZOV" were charged in the final version

Yuri Mukhin, Alexander Sokolov, Valery Parfenov and Kirill Barabash are accused of continuing the activities of the banned People's Will Army in order to distribute extremist materials.

On June 23, 2016, it became known that the investigating authorities drew up the final versions of the charges against activists of the Initiative Group for the Referendum "For Responsible Power" (IGPR "ZOV"), who are being held in the case of the continuation of the activities of the People's Will Army banned for extremism ( AVN) (part 1 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code). In the near future, the preliminary investigation of the case will be completed.

The former leader of the AVN, editor-in-chief of the Duel newspaper, Yuri Mukhin, and his associates Alexander Sokolov, Valery Parfyonov and Kirill Barabash are now accused of being " actively engaged in political activities, positioning themselves as opposition-minded persons to the state authorities of the Russian Federation ", " under With a plausible pretext for organizing and holding a referendum "on the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution and the law "On the Court of the People of Russia over the President and Members of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation," they wanted to continue the activities of the banned AVN. At the same time, according to the investigation, the " main and only goal " of the organization was to distribute extremist materials, however, the criminal intent of the ZOV activists was not brought to an end, since the activities of the extremist organization were suppressed by law enforcement agencies. Words about intentions to " destabilize the political situation in the Russian Federation towards instability " and carry out " a change in the existing government by illegal means" "The investigation ruled out the charges.

Criminal cases under Part 1 of Art. 282.2 of the Criminal Code (organization of the activities of an extremist organization) against Mukhin, Sokolov and Parfenov were initiated in the summer of 2015, all three were arrested. The cases were then merged. Mukhin was released under house arrest in August 2015, Sokolov and Parfenov are still being held in custody. In December 2015, a similar charge was brought against Barabash, he was also arrested. In March 2016, searches was separated into a separate proceeding were carried out at the homes of other activists of the IGPR "ZOV", in June the case on the participation of unidentified persons in a banned organization (part 2 of article 282.2 of the Criminal Code) . The Human Rights Center "Memorial" considers Mukhin, Sokolov, Parfenov and Barabash political prisoners .

We believe that the ban on the AVN, an organization of the Stalinist-nationalist persuasion that has been repeatedly seen in xenophobic propaganda, was unjustified, since the decision to recognize the movement as extremist was based only on the ban on the leaflet "You have chosen - you will be the judge!", which seems unreasonable to us.

Sources

• Members of the IGPR "ZOV" charged with continuing activities previously banned for extremism by AVN // On the eve.Ru. 2016. June 23.
  
  
• Based on social media.