Vinter Gregory Marcus Severin

Vinter Gregory Marcus Severin (before changing his name - Vinter Grigory Elektronovich) born February 14, 1969, resident of the city of Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast, activist and human rights defender. He worked as the head of the radiation control laboratory. Former coordinator of the Vologda branch of the For Human Rights movement. Participated in the protection of forests from logging, the protection of the rights of prisoners.

Earlier, in 2019-2022, he was convicted under Art. 319 ("Insulting a government official"), Art. 207.1 ("Public dissemination of knowingly false information about circumstances that pose a threat to the life and safety of citizens"), Parts 1 and 2 of Art. 297 ("Insulting the court") of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. On January 18, 2024, the Cherepovets City Court of the Vologda Oblast found him guilty under paragraph "d" of Part 2 of Art. 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the exercise of powers by state bodies of the Russian Federation based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or based on hatred or enmity towards any social group").

Vinter was sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. On May 27, 2024, the Vologda Regional Court upheld the sentence. He was deprived of liberty from the moment of his arrest on August 24, 2022. On October 19, 2022, he was transferred from the pre-trial detention center to house arrest, on November 3, 2023 it became known about the transfer under a ban on certain actions with a ban on leaving the house at night. He was taken into custody again in the courtroom on January 18, 2024.