An anti-war protest participant convicted of assaulting a police officer has been released

On October 26, Valery Dubenyuk, a defendant in the “anti-war cause,” was released from penal colony No. 8 in St. Petersburg. Human rights activist Dinar Idrisov reported this to OVD-Info.

On April 25, Dubenyuk was guilty of using violence against a police officer (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code) at an anti-war rally on March 6. The man was sentenced to a year in a penal colony and sent to a correctional facility in August - after the sentence came into force. Before this, the man had been in pre-trial detention since March 7. Taking into account the time spent in custody, he spent almost three months in the colony-settlement.

admitted transported entered According to investigators, the person involved in the case and two other people attacked a police officer during an anti-war rally. Dubenyuk was accused of inflicting at least four blows to the head and body of the security officer.

The man admitted guilt and partially compensated the claim brought against the police: the security officer demanded to recover 50 thousand rubles from Dubenyuk for the damage caused; he, according to the court decision, paid 15 thousand. The consideration of the criminal case took place without examining the evidence.

special order The second defendant in the case is St. Petersburg resident Kirill Korolev. On March 7, the man was placed under house arrest; his case has now been submitted to court.

sent - 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 310 people have become defendants in criminal cases initiated due to protest against the war with Ukraine. Read more about this in our. guide- After the start of the war in Ukraine, the Russian authorities began to react sharply to protest sentiments. The list of articles under which those who disagree with the “special operation” are prosecuted is quite wide. Those involved in “anti-war cases” are often charged with hooliganism, vandalism, violence against government officials, and other violations. A significant element of pressure was also the articles introduced into the Criminal Code after the outbreak of hostilities - dissemination about the Russian army and armed forces. "fake" discredit