Igor Baryshnikov, convicted under an article about military “fakes,” was not allowed to attend his mother’s funeral

The Soviet City Court of the Kaliningrad Region refused to release Igor Baryshnikov, convicted in the case of military “fakes,” to attend his mother’s funeral. This was reported by his lawyer from OVD-Info, Maria Bontsler.

Baryshnikov and his defense petitioned for the man to be taken under escort to the funeral of his mother, who died on August 7 at the age of 96.

Baryshnikov himself died on July 22 to seven and a half years in prison under the article about “fakes” about the Russian army based on political hatred (clause “e”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). The next day, the man was placed in a pre-trial detention center, where his health began to deteriorate - Baryshnikov was suspected of having cancer, and it was also diagnosed in his stomach. On August 4, an activist went to the medical unit of the Federal Penitentiary Service.

sentenced to cystostomy, placed During the investigation, Baryshnikov was under recognizance not to leave the place. During this period, as before, he cared for his paralyzed mother Eugenia.

Criminal prosecution of the activist in May 2022 - then they came to search him in the case of fakes about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). The Facebook posts that became the reason for the persecution spoke about the shelling of a maternity hospital in Mariupol and the killing of residents.

began Buchi In June 2022, a second criminal case was filed against Baryshnikov, also under the article on “fakes,” but this time based on political hatred (clause “e”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). The resolution to initiate the case mentions posts about the sunken cruiser Moskva, the shooting of civilians in Ukraine by the Russian military, and other messages about the war. Subsequently, the cases were combined in court.

they sent OVD -Info a detailed story of Igor Baryshnikov and his 96-year-old mother, whom the man was caring for.

told - During the Great Patriotic War, in 1941, Evgenia Baryshnikova and her family traveled on foot and hitchhiking from the occupied territory of Belarus to Tatarstan. The Jewish Foundation Hesed Kaliningrad officially recognized the woman as a victim of fascism. - Since February 24, 2022—the first day of the full-scale invasion of 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 600 people have become defendants in criminal cases initiated due to protest against the war with Ukraine. Read more about this in our. infographic - Article 207.3 (Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation) in the Criminal Code in March 2022 - this is how the authorities responded to anti-war speeches and statements, as well as the dissemination of information about the war that does not come from official Russian sources. The maximum penalty under this article is 15 years in prison. turned on