The Supreme Court of Bashkortostan toughened the sentence of the former head of Navalny's headquarters in Ufa, Liliya Chanysheva — the sentence was increased from seven and a half to nine and a half years in a general regime colony. SOTAvision reports this with reference to its correspondent in the courtroom.
The meeting was held behind closed doors. As Chanysheva’s lawyer Sergei Makarenko said, during the consideration of the case, all defense motions were rejected by the court.
In June 2023, the Kirovsky District Court in Ufa sentenced the oppositionist to seven and a half years in a general regime colony. In September 2022, she was finally charged with participation in the activities of an extremist community using her official position (Part 3, Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code), calls for extremism (Part 1, Article 280 of the Criminal Code) and the creation of an organization that violates the rights of citizens ( part 3 article 239 of the Criminal Code).</p>» data-type=»hint» data-slate-custom=»{"data-body»:"<p>Navalny’s ally was initially charged only under Part 1 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code. In September 2022, she was finally charged charges, also charging participation in the activities of an extremist community using official position (Part 3, Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code), calls for extremism (Part 1, Article 280 of the Criminal Code) and the creation of an organization that violates the rights of citizens (Part 3, Article 239 of the Criminal Code).</p> ;","body":"<p>Navalny’s ally was initially charged only under Part 1 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code. In September 2022, she was finally charged, also charged with participation in the activities of an extremist community using her official position (Part 3, Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code), calls for extremism (Part 1, Article 280 of the Criminal Code) and the creation of an organization that violates the rights of citizens (Part 3, Article 239 of the Criminal Code).</p>","isCreated":false," migrationId»:»1646998844495″,,»html»:null}»>in the case of an “extremist community” due to involvement in Navalny’s headquarters. In addition, the activist was fined 400 thousand rubles.
On November 7, the Supreme Court of Bashkortostan confirmed Chanysheva’s sentence — while the appellate court added aggravating circumstances to the activist’s case: the oppositionist’s actions were interpreted as committed by an organized group motivated by political hatred.
Later, the cassation court overturned this decision and returned the case for reconsideration to the appellate instance. At the meeting, the prosecutor's office demanded that Chanysheva's sentence be increased to ten years in prison, since the activist had previously “provoked and incited Ufa residents” to protest on the streets.
Together with Chanysheva, former volunteer of the Ufa headquarters Rustem was tried in the case of an “extremist community.” Mulyukov, disabled person of group 1. The court of first instance sentenced him to two and a half years in a general regime colony, finding him guilty of participation in the extremist community. Today this decision was again confirmed by the Supreme Court of Bashkortostan.