Personal Information
- Birth date
- 24 сент. 1971 г. (54 years old)
- Special circumstances
- activist, leftist views
- Notes
- Supporter of 'Citizens of the USSR'
Melikhova Marina Borisovna
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Krasnodar Krai
- Detention date:
- 15 июн. 2023 г.
- Charges:
- Art. 280.3 CC RF Part 1
- Sentence:
- 1 year 5 months general regime
- Estimated release date:
- 1 июн. 2024 г.
- Case categories:
- Anti-war case, Freedom of speech
- Rosfinmonitoring status:
- Added 21 мая 2020 г.
Case Description
On June 20, 2023, law enforcement officers conducted a search at the home of activist Marina Melikhova in the stanitsa of Yaroslavskaya, Krasnodar Krai. According to her, twelve armed people conducted the search, her son Sergey was "twisted and beaten, and Melikhova herself was forcibly taken to the Adler IVS. Two days later, she was sent to a pre-trial detention center on charges of repeated 'discrediting' of the Russian army. The reason for opening the case was two publications on VKontakte - a video titled 'Shock!" There is not a single officer on the SVO in Ukraine. published. RF document" and a publication with the text "Slavs do not want war!. 15 December 2023, the Adler District Court of Sochi sentenced Melikhov to one year and five months in a general regime penal colony. On June 26, 2024, the Krasnodar Regional Court left the verdict unchanged.
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