Week-ending 17 July 2020
On Tuesday, 14 July 2020, in the New Greatness trial in which seven young defendants face charges of creating an extremist group with the intention of overthrowing the government of President Vladimir Putin, prosecutors asked for Ruslan Kostylenkov to be sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison, Petr Karamzin to 6 1/2 years and Vyacheslav Kryukov to 6 years. Prosecutors asked for four other defendants – Maria Dubovik, Anna Pavlikova, Dmitry Poletayev, and Maksim Roshchin – to be given suspended sentences of between 4 and 6 1/2 years. Human rights campaigners say the case has been fabricated by security services. Memorial Human Rights Centre has recognised the defendants as political prisoners.
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Hefty Prison Terms Sought For ‘New Greatness’ Youth Activists
MOSCOW — A Russian prosecutor has demanded that three members of the New Greatness youth activist group facing extremism charges receive between 4 and 7 1/2 years in prison.
The prosecutor on July 14 asked Moscow’s Lyublino District Court to sentence Ruslan Kostylenkov, 27, to 7 1/2 years in prison, Pyotr Karamzin, 34, to 6 1/2 years and Vyacheslav Kryukov, 22, to 6 years.
The prosecutor also requested that the four other defendants in the high-profile case — Maria Dubovik, Anna Pavlikova, Dmitry Poletayev, and Maksim Roshchin — be handed suspended sentences of between 4 and 6 1/2 years. […]
RFE/RL, 14 July 2020
«Мемориал» признал участников «Нового величия» политзаключенными
Десять оппозиционно настроенных жителей Москвы и Подмосковья обвиняются в создании в декабре 2017 года экстремистского сообщества «Новое величие», якобы нацеленного на насильственное свержение власти и конституционного строя России (ст. 282.1 УК РФ).
Мы внимательно изучили материалы дела и пришли к выводу, что общественная организация «Новое величие», по сути, создана спецслужбами. Они же постарались придать ей экстремистские черты. […]
Memorial Human Rights Centre, 23 September 2018
