Case of Ignatov in Oryol

Case History

In December 2020, Dmitriy Ignatov's house was searched in Oryol as part of the Piskarev and others case. He was suspected of participating in the activities of an extremist organization. After 2 years, his house was inspected, and a decision was issued to bring him as an accused. In January 2024, the case went to court.

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    December 9, 2020 Search

    Senior Lieutenant of Justice I. A. Simonova, Investigator for Particularly Important Cases of the Investigation Department for the Sovetsky District of the City of Oryol, Senior Lieutenant of Justice I. A. Simonova, issues a search order for Dmitry Ignatov, who was a witness in the case of Piskarev and others in Oryol. On the same day, they come to the peasant with a search.

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    October 28, 2021 Case initiated Art. 282.2 (2)

    Investigator Simonova singles out the criminal case against Ignatov in a separate proceeding and incriminates him with participation in the activities of an extremist organization.

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    September 13, 2023 Inspection of residence

    In Ignatov's home, a half-hour inspection takes place without witnesses, which is led by Senior Lieutenant of Justice Sergey Kolomytsev. Photographs are taken, material evidence is not seized.

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    December 30, 2023 Art. 282.2 (2)

    Kolomytsev, a senior investigator of the investigation department for the Sovetsky district of the city of Orel, of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, presents Ignatov with a decision to bring him as an accused.

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    January 29, 2024 Case went to court

    The case goes to the Sovetsky District Court of the city of Orel and is appointed to Judge Andrei Tretyakov.

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    March 4, 2024 Hearing in a court of the first instance

    Ignatov filed a petition to refuse the lawyer appointed to him by the state, the court did not satisfy him.

    The prosecutor reads out the indictment. Dmitry Ignatov expresses his attitude to the charges.

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    March 13, 2024 Hearing in a court of the first instance

    The court does not satisfy two motions filed by the defense at the previous hearing.

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    April 3, 2024 Hearing in a court of the first instance Interrogation

    Three witnesses are being questioned. None of them knows Ignatov personally. One woman says that she did not hear any propaganda of exclusivity, calls for the breakdown of family relations and disobedience to the authorities from the defendant.