Former Moscow municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov, convicted under an article on military “fakes,” was registered in the colony as suicidal. This was reported in the Telegram channel of Gorinov’s support group.
The politician was put on preventive registration as prone to suicide and self-harm without explanation, citing operational data classified as “top secret.” Earlier, Gorinov reported that in the same IK-3 in Vladimir, he was actually deprived of sleep, since he was checked every two hours, since he was registered as “prone to escape.”
Gorinov notes in the letter: “Since I love myself too much, value you and perceive life as a gift from the Universe, I want to assure everyone that I will never, under any circumstances, voluntarily take my life. Besides, I still have a lot of important things to do in my freedom and big plans. Please keep this in mind in case something similar happens to me."
The ex-deputy was placed on a new professional assessment just before he was discharged from the hospital at the colony, where he was admitted in December 2023 in serious condition and with a temperature of 40 degrees. Now Gorinov is recovering, and in the coming days he will be transferred to IK-2 in Pokrov.
- In July 2022, Gorinov was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony under the article on disseminating “fake news” about the Russian army using his position and motivated by hatred or enmity (clauses “a”, “b” and “e”, part 2 of Art. 207.3 CC). Later, on appeal, the period was reduced by one month. The case was opened due to the fact that the oppositionist, at a meeting of the Council of Deputies on March 15, 2022, called the events in Ukraine a war, and not a “special operation.” He also said that the Russian government wants to seize the territory of this country and that children are dying in Ukraine from the actions of the Russian army. Along with Gorinov, his former colleague from the municipality, Elena Kotenochkina, is involved in the case. She left Russia.
- Since February 24, 2022—the first day of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine—residents of Russian cities have been holding anti-war protests every day and talking about the tragedy online. Anti-war speeches and statements become grounds for criminal prosecution. At the moment, more than 850 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) was included in the Criminal Code in March 2022 - in this way 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.