Cassation for a sentence to Igor Stenin

On May 16, the Presidium of the Astrakhan Regional Court will consider a cassation appeal against the verdict to the leader of the Russian Astrakhan movement Igor Stenin. Last month, the Supreme Court decided to revise the verdict issued a year ago by the Soviet District Court of Astrakhan and confirmed by the regional court.

Stenin was sentenced to two years for repost. At the end of last year, the Politzeku tightened the punishment - transferred from a colony -settlement to a general regime, where it is constantly placed in a schizo.

The FSB was initiated against Stenin in January 2015. The activist was charged with part 2 of Article 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremism via the Internet). The reason for the opening of the case was a post that Stenin, who performs on Vkontakte under the pseudonym Ingvar Stefan, published on August 28, 2014, in the midst of the offensive of Russian troops on Mariupol, in the VK group ROA Russian Astrakhan (from 14 to 88). The post consisted of only two phrases: "Death to the Kremlin invaders! Hands from Ukraine!"

At the same time, the plot of the case was fabricated - the activist, along with his text, was charged and another. Directly under the post of Stenin is the commentary of the user Sergey Romanov. Romanov copied a small text about the situation in the ATO zone, placed on the same day on a personal FB page by Ukrainian journalist Peter Shuklinov, and also gave a link to the original publication.