St. Petersburg: new criminal case against nationalist Vladimir Timoshenko

In June 2019, it became known that a criminal case was initiated in St. Petersburg under Art. 280 of the Criminal Code against the nationalist Vladimir Timoshenko.

On June 25, 2019, it became known that a criminal case was initiated in St. Petersburg under Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremism).

The case was initiated against the previously convicted nationalist Vladimir Tymoshenko in connection with his publication on the VKontakte network, made back in April 2014. In this post, Tymoshenko justifies the activities of the "Right Sector" in Ukraine, calls the Russian political regime "anti-people" and calls " to use the toughest and most radical methods of struggle " against this regime, " directing the main blow at the repressive punitive apparatus ." Despite the radical content, one can doubt that this post could pose a real threat, because. over the past 5 years since its publication, only one person has "lined" it, and no one has left comments.

Recall that on September 20, 2018, the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation made a decision where it is required when evaluating cases under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code, take into account the purpose, context and nature of the audience of the statement, as well as the degree of its public danger. We believe that these instructions should also be applicable to other articles of the Criminal Code on public statements, in particular - to Art. 280 of the Criminal Code.

It is reported that the nationalist was detained by Novgorod FSB officers. They have already questioned Tymoshenko's wife in the case.

Vladimir Timoshenko was previously convicted three times.

In November 2017, the Krasnogvardeisky District Court of St. Petersburg found him guilty of inciting hatred against the social group " employees of institutions and institutions of state power " (Article 282 of the Criminal Code) and sentenced him to two years in prison. Then he was convicted for a similar publication, the text of which was devoted to the " fight " against " the anti-people regime of Putin and its power base - the punitive and repressive apparatus " and contained a call to " deliver a crushing blow " to this apparatus. The publication, which formed the basis of the new case, came to the attention of law enforcement agencies during the investigation of the case under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code and then they tried to impute it to him as the second episode, but for some reason they changed their minds. Case under Art. 282 of the Criminal Code we considered as unlawful, tk. it was misqualified from our point of view, and the post itself contained only a call for an abstract " crushing blow ", but not for specific actions. In May 2019, this conviction with Tymoshenko was removed on the basis of the decriminalization of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code.

Prior to this, Tymoshenko was convicted twice: in 2010, by the Novgorod Regional Court for plans to undermine the wall of the Novgorod Kremlin under Part 1 of Art. 223 of the Criminal Code (illegal manufacture of weapons), part 1 of Art. 222 of the Criminal Code (illegal trafficking in weapons) and part 1 of Art. 30, part 1, art. 205 of the Criminal Code (preparation to commit a terrorist attack), as well as in 2011 - by the Kislovodsk city court under Part 1 of Art. 222, part 1 of Art. 223 of the Criminal Code.

Sources

• Activist convicted of VKontakte post arrested for older post about not wanting to 'lick Putin's regime's ass' // Mediazone. June 25, 2019