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The case of members of a punk band about arson of the administration of the city of Bakal was brought to court
The case of arson against the administration of the city of Bakala in the Chelyabinsk region, which was brought against musicians Alexei Nuriev and Roman Nasryev, was transferred to the Central District Military Court. This is reported by the Solidarity Zone project.
Members of the Bakal post-punk group Room32 Nuriev and Nasryev are charged with committing a terrorist act by a group of persons by prior conspiracy (clause “a”, part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code) and undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities (Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code).
According to investigators, on the night of October 11, 2022, they broke a window on the first floor of the city administration building and threw two Molotov cocktails there. The fire was extinguished by a watchman before firefighters arrived. The musicians were detained on the same day.
Nasryev does not deny his participation in the arson. He explains his actions as a protest against war and mobilization.
On October 13, 2022, the Central District Court of Chelyabinsk sent the accused to a pre-trial detention center for two months. Initially, Nuriev and Nasryev were charged with the intentional destruction and damage of property (Article 167 of the Criminal Code), but later the case was reclassified as the commission of a terrorist act by a group of persons by prior conspiracy. In November of the same year, a second criminal case was opened against them - under the article on training in terrorist activities.
The press service of the FSB Directorate for the region noted that the detainees “are members of several dozen left- and right-wing online communities, including pro-Ukrainian nationalist ones.”
- 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 400 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 - the spread of “fakes” about the Russian army and discrediting the armed forces.