Personal Information
- Birth date
- 6 мар. 1971 г. (55 years old)
- Special circumstances
- Ukrainian citizen, предприниматель/ница
- Notes
- Ukrainian agrarian entrepreneur. General Director of LLC "Agrofirma Pyatikhatskaya", president of FC "Inhulets", In 2009-2010 - president of the football club "Desna" (Chernihiv). Head of the charitable foundation "With people and for people. Deputy of the Petrovskoye District Council since 2010 (Kirovograd region). Member of the Party of Rural Revival."
Povoroznyuk Aleksandr Grigorevich (Povoroznyuk Oleksandr Grigorovich)
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Moscow
- Charges:
- Article 282, Part 2, Paragraph a of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation
- Sentence:
- 5 years general regime in absentia
- Case categories:
- "Extremist" statements, War-related, Freedom of speech
- Rosfinmonitoring status:
- Added 5 февр. 2024 г.
Case Description
In Moscow, no later than October 2023, a criminal case was initiated for inciting hatred or enmity with a threat of violence against businessman and former district deputy from the Kirovograd region of Ukraine, Ukrainian citizen Alexander Povoroznyuk. The reason for the criminal prosecution was a video address to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, which Povoroznyuk recorded on February 28, 2022, with the words: "Vova, fuck them, damn it!" According to the Russian investigation, from February 24, 2022 to January 4, 2023, Povoroznyuk, "sharing anti-Russian positions," posted various videos in which he incited hatred against Russians. In October 2023, Povoroznyuk was put on the wanted list. On July 1, 2924, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow found Alexander Povoroznyuk guilty and sentenced him in absentia to five years of imprisonment.
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