22.11.2006 12:23 MSK Boris Stomakhin sentenced to 5 years Russia, Moscow. Boris Stomakhin was sentenced on 20 November by the Butyrsk district court to 5 years imprisonment for “public calls to change the constitutional basis of the Russian Federation through violence” and “inciting national, racial and religious hatred” (Article 280 and 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
Stomakhin, editor of the “Radical Politics” bulletin with a circulation of a few dozen copies, was in fact accused of disrespecting the Russian Federation, criticising the authorities and showing sympathy towards the separatist movement in Chechnya.
Criminal proceedings against Boris Stomakhin were instigated in 2003 upon a complaint issued by V. Lavrova, calling the authors of the “Radical Politics” newspaper “Chechen bandits”. Lavrova sent her complaint to the deputy of the State Duma and Communist Party member, Viktor Zorkaltsev, who, in turn, passed it on to the Chief Prosecutor.
Information Agency PRIMA-News [2006-11-21-Rus-36] http://www.prima-news.ru/eng/news/news/2006/11/22/37135.html
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