Photo: Valeev Leonard Ismagilovich (Valeev Lenard)
not imprisoned

Personal Information

Birth date
16 мар. 1963 г. (63 years old)
Special circumstances
activist
Notes
Theater director, activist, participated in protest actions organized by Navalny's headquarters

Valeev Leonard Ismagilovich (Valeev Lenard)

Added: 26 февр. 2025 г.

Case Information

Region of case initiation:
Kemerovo Oblast
Charges:
Art. 282 CC RF Part 1, Art. 205.2 CC RF Part 2
Sentence:
₽360000 fine
Rosfinmonitoring status:
Added 14 апр. 2023 г.

Case Description

In the Kemerovo region in October 2023, a criminal case was initiated against 60-year-old Leonard Valeyev under the article on inciting hatred or enmity due to a post on VKontakte. Law enforcement claims that on October 3, the man wrote on his page that a new case was being planned against him due to a comment about Yevgeny Prigozhin's mutiny, where he called Russia a 'chicken coop where everyone clucks on their perch, flaps their wings, but there is no benefit,' and Russians 'not citizens, but a passive population without their own opinion.'", 5. FSB experts found statements in the post that incite hatred, enmity and humiliate the human dignity of citizens. Earlier, Valeeva was brought to criminal responsibility under the article on justifying terrorism due to posts calling on mobilized citizens to use the weapons issued to them 'to overthrow the authorities.'", In April 2023, a criminal case was opened against Leonard Valeev, a resident of the city of Prokopyevsk in Kemerovo Oblast, on charges of calling for terrorism due to his VKontakte posts against mobilization and the authorities. On December 18, Judge Yuriy Ukolov of the 1st Eastern Military Court sentenced Valeyev to a fine of 360 thousand. rubles.