A human rights activist from Blagoveshchensk was placed on preventive registration in a pre-trial detention center

Human rights activist Vladislav Nikitenko, who is in pre-trial detention center No. 1 of the Amur Region in the case of repeated discrediting of the Russian Army (Part 1 of Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code), was registered as a terrorist and extremist. Sibir.Realii talks about this with reference to a friend of the human rights activist.

is reported Nikitenko to have been placed on preventive registration twice. The first time - on September 20 - as “a person studying, promoting or disseminating extremist ideology”, and on October 7 - as a person “prone to committing crimes of a terrorist nature and extremist nature”. The human rights activist wrote about this in a letter to a friend. The reasons for the registration are still unknown.

In March, the man was fined under an administrative article for discrediting the Russian Army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code). According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, after this he published 10 posts on social networks, which, according to investigators, also discredit the Russian army. This became the reason for the criminal case, which became known in May.

initiation Initially, the court placed the human rights activist under house arrest. In July, Nikitenko was taken into custody - the investigation stated that he had violated the terms of the previous preventive measure.

sent sent - on February 24, Nikitenko sent statements to all regional investigative departments of the Investigative Committee and the military prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation against Vladimir Putin and members of the Security Council, accusing them of starting a war in Ukraine. On March 17, the activist was fined for filing a statement with the police demanding that a case be opened against the governor of the Amur region for supporting the “special operation.” On May 6, Nikitenko was sentenced to 15 days under the article of demonstrating extremist symbols (Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code) because of a video on YouTube published five years ago. filed and arrested - In June, the project “Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial" of Vladislav Nikitenko to political prisoners. admitted - Since February 24 - the first day of the “special operation” in Ukraine - residents of Russian cities have been going out to anti-war rallies every day and talking about the tragedy online. Anti-war speeches and statements become grounds for criminal prosecution. At the moment, more than 300 people have become defendants in criminal cases initiated due to protest against the war with Ukraine. Read more about this in our.

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