Kagarlitsky Boris Yulievich
Kagarlitsky Boris Yulievich
- Date of birth: 29.08.1958
- City of residence: Moscow
- Article of the Criminal Code: 205.2 pt.2
- Form of repression: deprivation of liberty
- Pursuit stage: Сurrently serving a sentence
- Sentence: 5 years of imprisonment
- Date of sentencing: 12/12/2023
- Lists of persecuted: List of political prisoners (excluding those persecuted for religion) , Political Prisoners — Victims of the War
Kagarlitsky Boris Yulievich, born August 29, 1958, lives in Moscow, sociologist, publicist, video blogger, left-wing politician, editor-in-chief of the online media outlet Rabkor. On December 12, 2023, he was sentenced to a fine of 600 thousand roubles (~€6500) under Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public justification of terrorism using the Internet", liable to up to 7 years in prison). The appellate court replaced the fine with 5 years in a general regime penal colony.
Deprived of liberty from July 25 to December 12, 2023, and re-arrested in the courtroom on February 13, 2024 after the appeal.