Engels: prisoner suspected of calling for extremism

According to investigators, the prisoner called for xenophobic violence.

On February 19, 2020, it became known that a criminal case was initiated in the Saratov region under Part 1 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code (public calls for extremism). A prisoner in IK-2 in Engels became a suspect.

According to investigators, the man “urged convicts to join right-wing radical groups in order to physically eliminate people from the North Caucasian region and Transcaucasia.”

According to media reports, the prisoner is serving a sentence under Art. Art. 131 of the Criminal Code (rape), 132 of the Criminal Code (sexual assault), 158 of the Criminal Code (theft) and 161 of the Criminal Code (robbery).

Sources

• FSB officers opened a criminal case against a rapist sitting in a colony who called for uniting to eliminate Caucasians // Saratov version. February 19, 2020
• Convicted rapist in Saratov colony urged prisoners to extremism // Interfax. February 19, 2020