Balin Andrei Albertovich, born March 26, 1974, resident of Tolyatti, entrepreneur, political activist, former co-chairman of the Samara branch of PARNAS. In 2014, he was convicted under Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (""Incitement to hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity""). On March 17, 2023, the Central District Court of Tolyatti sentenced him to 7 years in a general regime penal colony under paragraph ""d"" of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (""Public dissemination, under the guise of reliable messages, of knowingly false information containing data on the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the purpose of protecting the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens, maintaining international peace and security, committed on the grounds of political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on the grounds of hatred or enmity towards any social group""). Deprived of liberty since March 17, 2023.
