An environmental activist from Mytishchi was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony in the case of military “fakes”

The prosecutor requested eight years in prison for environmental activist Alexander Bakhtin in the case of disseminating “fakes” about the army motivated by political enmity (clause “e”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Nikita Spivak, who represents the man’s interests.

Three cases of “fake news” were opened against Bakhtin due to three different posts on VKontakte that he published in the spring of 2022. In them, the man wrote about Vladimir Putin’s desire to blockade Kyiv and the casualties among the civilian population of Ukraine, the murders of Ukrainian animal rights activists and volunteers, as well as the tragedy in. Later the cases were combined into one proceeding.

Buche For each episode, the prosecutor requested six years in prison, but, by adding them up, the total requested term was eight years.

The man has been in pre-trial detention center-2 in Volokolamsk since the beginning of March; on May 18, the Mytishchi City Court extended the preventive measure until November 5, without taking into account his health condition. In the pre-trial detention center, Bakhtin suffers from an exacerbation of chronic bronchitis and does not receive the necessary medical care. Despite this, on July 11, the Moscow Regional Court approved the decision to extend the detention.

located You can support Alexander Bakhtin by sending him a letter through the services, or by regular mail to the address: “Zonatelecom” “FSIN-letter” 143 600, Moscow region, Volokolamsk, st. Gorval, 6, Bakhtin Alexander Sergeevich, born in 1971. The Mytishchi city court sentenced Bakhtin to six years in prison. This was reported by lawyer from OVD-Info Nikita Spivak.

14:45 In addition, the environmental activist was banned from administering websites for three years and was assigned to compulsory outpatient treatment by a psychiatrist.

In his last words, the man drew parallels between the war with Ukraine and the First Chechen War. He noted that it was public opinion in Russia that stopped the Chechen war, and that by publishing anti-war posts, he hoped to create conditions for a similar stop to the war with Ukraine.

The title has been changed due to the release of information about the verdict. - 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