Igor Vasilyevich Kuznetsov

Case Summary

Igor Kuznetsov, an activist, journalist, and videoblogger, was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime colony. He was convicted on charges including participation in an extremist community and inciting hatred, stemming from his involvement with the "Left Resistance".

Charges (3)

1. Participation in an extremist community
2. Actions aimed at inciting hatred or enmity, as well as at humiliating the dignity of a person or group of persons on the grounds of belonging to any social group, committed publicly, using the Internet, by an organized group
3. Involvement of a person in the organization of mass riots, accompanied by violence, pogroms, arson, destruction of property, the use of other substances and objects that pose a danger to others, as well as armed resistance to a representative of authority

Criminal Code Articles (3)

Key Facts (4)

• Activist, journalist, and videoblogger
• Convicted on charges including participation in an extremist community
• Connected to "Left Resistance"
• Initially given a suspended sentence on one charge, later sentenced to 6 years

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