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| '''Boris Vladimirovich Stomakhin''' ('']'': Борис Владимирович Стомахин) (born |
'''Boris Vladimirovich Stomakhin''' ('']'': Борис Владимирович Стомахин) (born August 24, 1974 in ]) is a Russian ] ], and editor of "Radical politics" periodical. He was convicted three times for hate speech, incriminating him advocating a dismemberment of the Russian Federation and inciting ethnic and religious hatred, and justification of terrorism. The convictions have been questioned by ] organizations ], ], and ]. | ||
| ==Journalism and political activism== | ==Journalism and political activism== | ||
| Stomakhin was a member of ] ].<ref name="mao"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702143844/http://rgf.maoism.ru/Lenin.htm |date=2007-07-02 }}.</ref> Later he became a leader of a ] political group "Revolutionary Contact Association" (RCA). | |||
| ⚫ | Since 2000, Boris Stomakhin was an editor of the monthly newspaper "Radical Politics". In addition, he contributed numerous materials to ], the radical ] internet agency that promoted the independence of ] and is maintained by Chechen separatists. | ||
| Stomakhin was a leader of a ] political group "Revolutionary Contact Association" (RCA). Other members of this organization are Pavel Kantor, Dmitry Tarasov, Ludmila Evstifeeva, and Pavel Luzakov. They organized a number of ] against Russian foreign policy in Ukraine, Estonia, Belarus, Chechnya. | |||
| According to Russian court, Stomakhin called for the violent overthrow of government,<ref name="Sentence"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211025136/http://www.zaborisa.narod.ru/061120prigovor.html |date=2007-02-11 }}</ref> claimed that Russian troops in Chechnya are "occupiers", compared President ] to ] and ].,<ref name="hrh">{{Cite web |url=http://www.humanrightshouse.org/dllvis5.asp?id=4975 |title=Independent journalist given five-year sentence allegedly for inciting ethnic strife |access-date=2006-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101222045/http://www.humanrightshouse.org/dllvis5.asp?id=4975 |archive-date=2007-01-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref> called modern Russia "an ]" that must be destroyed, and considered ] and ] as heroes of legitimate Chechen resistance.<ref name="Sentence"/> | |||
| Boris Stomkhin made public calls for ]ing of Russians.<ref name="Izves"/> | |||
| According to ] and ], Stomakhin did not actually promote any terrorist activities and became a political prisoner.<ref name=Svoboda> ] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | Since 2000, Boris Stomakhin was an editor of the monthly newspaper "Radical Politics". In addition, he contributed numerous materials to ], the radical ] internet agency that |
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| Stomakhin claimed that Russian troops in Chechnya are "occupiers" and compared President ] to ] and ].<ref name="hrh"> </ref> | |||
| According to his court sentence, Stomakhin also stated that modern Russia is an ] and therefore must be destroyed, and considered ] and ] as heroes of the Chechen resistance whose ] activities are legitimate.<ref name="sent"></ref> However, some human rights activists like ] and ] did not believe that he actually promoted any terrorist activities.<ref name=Svoboda> ] {{ru icon}}</ref> | |||
| ==Opening of a criminal case against Stomakhin== | ==Opening of a criminal case against Stomakhin== | ||
| Attempts to prosecute Stomakhin for ] were made unsuccessfully in 2000. |
Attempts to prosecute Stomakhin for ] were made unsuccessfully in 2000.<ref name="Abarinov"/> | ||
| Successful application to prosecute Stomakhin was made by ] ] ] |
Successful application to prosecute Stomakhin was made by ] ] ] member ] at the request of another Communist party member Valentina Lavrova.<ref name="kol"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919074458/http://kolokol.ru/activists/69450.html |date=2009-09-19 }}</ref> Valentina Lavrova has acquired a copy of Stomakhin ] ], while being on ] in ], ], in September 2002.<ref name="Abarinov"/> Being insulted by the text of periodicals she hasn't rushed immediately to authorities, and began to collect the evidence by visiting public actions of Stomakhin and acquiring new numbers of his periodical. After collecting the evidence she referred not to police or security authorities, but to the member of parliament, Viktor Zorkaltsev.<ref name="Abarinov"/> | ||
| Stomakhin's home was searched in April 2004 and his computers and books were confiscated.<ref name=" |
Stomakhin's home was searched in April 2004 and his computers and books were confiscated.<ref name="Sentence"/> Stomakhin fled to ] seeking ], which was eventually denied.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} | ||
| ==Arrest and trial== | ==Arrest and trial== | ||
| Having returned to Moscow, Stomakhin was arrested on |
Having returned to Moscow, Stomakhin was arrested on March 21, 2006. Stomakhin tried to escape during his arrest and fell down from fourth floor of his building, according to his lawyer Alexei Golubev and news reports.<ref name="press1"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061116020716/http://prima-news.ru/news/news/2006/3/29/35420.html |date=2006-11-16 }}</ref><ref name="press2"></ref><ref name="press4"></ref><ref name="press5"></ref><ref name="ngo1"></ref><ref name="ngo2"></ref><ref name="inter1"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522101939/http://rian.ru/defense_safety/investigations/20061005/54549461.html |date=2011-05-22 }}</ref><ref name="inter2"></ref> His spine and bones were broken as a result. | ||
| Stomakhin was subsequently interrogated. Psychiatry experts at the ] found that Stomakhin was ] to stand trial.<ref name=" |
Stomakhin was subsequently interrogated. Psychiatry experts at the ] found that Stomakhin was ] to stand trial.<ref name="Sentence"/> | ||
| He was sentenced to five years of prison for inciting hatred and defamatory statements aimed at groups and persons of particular religious and ethnic background and for promoting violent change of constitutional regime and violation of territorial integrity of Russian Federation (articles 280 and 282 of the Russian Criminal Code). | He was sentenced to five years of prison for inciting hatred and defamatory statements aimed at groups and persons of particular religious and ethnic background and for promoting violent change of constitutional regime and violation of territorial integrity of Russian Federation (articles 280 and 282 of the Russian Criminal Code).<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211025136/http://www.zaborisa.narod.ru/061120prigovor.html |date=2007-02-11 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref> | ||
| In five years after his arrest on 21 March 2011 Somakhin was released from jail.<ref name="Kasparov">{{cite news | url=http://www.kasparov.ru/material.php?id=4D885ECA2BF08 | title=От звонка до звонка | accessdate=March 23, 2011 | date=22 March 2011 | publisher=]}}</ref> | |||
| Below are some excerpts from Stomakhin's articles cited as incriminating evidence in the court sentence: | |||
| *"Let tens of new Chechen snipers take their positions in the mountain ridges and the city ruins and let hundreds, thousands of aggressors fall under righteous bullets! No mercy! Death to the Russian occupiers!"<ref name="sent"> </ref> (the article was written in response to rape and murder of Chechen women ] by ]) | |||
| *"We, 'Revolutionary Contact Association' and 'Radical Politics' are united with the ] and are ready to cooperate with it. However we a lot more radical. We are for not waiting until 2008 and bothering ourselves particularly with the Constitution, but we are for calling people to overthrow the Putin's regime as soon as possible. And we do not see any possibility of preserving Russian Federation as a single state. But we are ready to unite with all allies, even those that are more moderate".<ref name="sent"> </ref> | |||
| *"] was justified, natural and legal... The Chechens have full moral right to blow up anything they want in Russia after all that Russia and Russians did to them, none objections on humanism and philanthropy could be accepted."<ref name="sent"> </ref> | |||
| *"All Chechnya is currently filled up with the same ], maniacs, blood lusting sadists, murderers and degenerates with epaulets . The entire Russian occupation army consists of such Budanovs".<ref name="sent"> </ref> | |||
| *"In Chechnya Russian army ceased to exist as a military structure of state, being transformed into a devilish gang of marauders and killers, the gang intoxicated from narcotics".<ref name="sent"> </ref> | |||
| *"Precisely the bloody, cannibalistic ferocity of this state against a small and defenceless mountain nation was the first to inspire our mind with this thought: Russia must be destroyed forever, a state that allows itself to do such things to entire nations must not exist at all!" | |||
| *"The ] heroes are going. ], Atteriyev, ], and today - ]. It is as if they are being devoured, swallowed by a terrible, black malodorous abyss. The name of that abyss is Russia. Russia's immeasurable baseness and perfidy, her pathological dishonesty and criminality as a country, a civilization, a historical agent." | |||
| == Second arrest, new criminal case and conviction == | |||
| Stomakhin pleaded not guilty. According to ], news agency, cited by the Committee to Protect Journalists he said he was "tried for his views and not for any real crime. ... In the articles, I expressed my opinion, with which people were free to agree or disagree." He said an opinion was not a “call to action.” Stomakhin was periodicaly laughing when the judge was reading his sentence.<ref name="Lenta"/> | |||
| Boris Stomakhin was arrested again at his apartment Nov. 20 2012 and on a charge of violating the "anti-extremist" articles of the Criminal Code (articles 282 and 205 of the Criminal Code). Detention was the anniversary of his conviction in 2006. Court authorized his detention until 9 February 2013. The investigation was opened on July 10, 2012 and, although this was not mentioned anywhere, and Stomakhin summonses for questioning did not get up to the time of his detention. | |||
| The subject of the charges brought against the 21 November 2012 and served as the signature of three articles Stomakhin published on the Internet, namely, "Do not let another Holocaust" and "Untermensch" (in Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code, "excitement hatred and hostility on grounds of nationality or origin"), and "Mourning" (in Part 1 of the Criminal Code st.205.2, "public justification of terrorism"). In case are other article signed Stomakhin published since 2001 and (also before his first arrest).<ref></ref> The investigation Stomakhin refused to give evidence in accordance with Article 51 of the Constitution. | |||
| The arrest of journalist was condemned by a number of public figures, including historian and sociologist Alec D. Epstein,<ref></ref> journalists Daniel Kotsjubinsky and Vladimir Pribylovsky, a former member of the Federation Council Alexei Manannikov, the former ] and political prisoners Adele Naydenovich, ], ], Paul Lyuzakov, Elena Sannikova, ],<ref></ref> and Cyril Podrabinek, ].,<ref></ref> ]. A campaign for his release. So, on the actions of the Russian opposition to 2012-2013 s raised banners with the text "Free Boris Stomakhin", his portraits with the inscription "Boris Stomakhin. 5 years in prison" were pasted on the walls Russian embassy in Berlin the night of January 16, 2013 and during the campaign in support of arrested activists of the Russian opposition,<ref></ref> more than 100 opposition signed a petition demanding the release Stomakhin.<ref></ref> | |||
| 22 April 2014 Stomakhin was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} 15 July 2014 sentence has been approved by Moscow city court. | |||
| ==Third trial== | |||
| After the third trial, on April 20, 2015 the sentence was extended to 7 years.<ref name=arka></ref> | |||
| ==European Court of Human Rights decision== | |||
| In May 2018 the ] found that the Stomakhin’s punishment was not proportionate to the legitimate aims pursued and awarded him EUR 12,500 in respect of non-pecuniary damage.<ref></ref> | |||
| ==Release and emigration== | |||
| In September 2019 Stomakhin was released from imprisonment. In November 2019 he left Russia and asked for asylum in ].<ref></ref> | |||
| ==Commentaries== | ==Commentaries== | ||
| ===Support=== | |||
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| ] said that "people like Boris are the most dangerous for the Putin's regime that deceived millions of Russians, brought them to their knees and transformed them to slaves".<ref>''Political prisoner Boris Stomakhin'', page 10</ref> According to priest ], "Stomakin made a picture of ] with ]? Well, I believe that not only Putin and his generals deserve to wear swastika, but also all Russian civilians who pretend that they know nothing about the genocide of Chechens and discrimination of Georgians in Russia"<ref>''Political prisoner Boris Stomakhin'', page 14</ref> | |||
| Stomakhin was qualified as a ]" by the ] and as a ] in an open letter send to ] leaders by Russia's human rights activists ], ]. |
Stomakhin was qualified as a ]" by the ] and as a ] in an open letter send to ] leaders by Russia's human rights activists ], ]. | ||
| A group of Russian citizens including ] condemned the conviction of Stomakhin as prosecution of ].<ref name="Bukovsky"></ref> | A group of Russian citizens including ] condemned the conviction of Stomakhin as prosecution of ].<ref name="Bukovsky"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210222840/http://www.zaborisa.narod.ru/ds.html |date=2007-02-10 }}</ref> | ||
| Widow of ] ] compared Stomakhin with Soviet dissidents who were prosecuted for their writings by ].<ref name="Bonner"> |
Widow of ] ] compared Stomakhin with Soviet dissidents who were prosecuted for their writings by ].<ref name="Bonner"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210223146/http://www.zaborisa.narod.ru/lena.html |date=2007-02-10 }}.</ref> | ||
| Human rights activist ] and politician ] argued that Stomakhin's writings while being "absolutely outrageous" and "inciting national hatred" had not been a public threat: they were very unlikely to incite anybody <ref name="Opinions"> - by Anna Karpuk for grani.ru</ref><ref name="Val1"> - by ] for grani.ru</ref><ref name="Val2"> - by ] for grani.ru</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | Journalist Vladimir Abarinov criticized court proceedings as an example of ]<ref name="Abarinov"> |
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| ⚫ | Journalist Vladimir Abarinov criticized court proceedings as an example of ]<ref name="Abarinov"> - by Vladimir Abarinov for grani.ru.</ref> He claimed that the criminal case against Stomakhin was opened based on solely an article about ] that was not written by Stomakhin. It was decided by the court that Stomakhin actually copied this article from a ] entry, as well as other publications of numerous news agencies.<ref name="Sentence"/> The authors of the original work disagree to share their responsibility with Stomakhin citing that he had reproduced their works without permission and distorted the original meaning.<ref name="Abarinov"/> | ||
| ⚫ | Critics of the court decision were denounced by |
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| ===Criticism=== | |||
| ⚫ | M. Smolin from ] described views of Stomakhin as extremely ].<ref name="KM">{{Dead link|date=October 2015}}</ref> | ||
| ⚫ | Critics of the court decision were denounced by publicist {{Interlanguage link multi|Maxim Yuryevich Sokolov|ru|3=Соколов, Максим Юрьевич (журналист)|lt=Maxim Sokolov}}. In his article published in '']'' newspaper after the conviction of Stomakhin<ref name="Izves"> (''Catch 282''), Maxim Sokolov, ] 23 November 2006</ref> he remarked that Stomakhin's writings were worse than ] by ] ("Against this backdrop, Mein Kampf is a textbook of humanism.") and that the ] must be prosecuted according to the article 282 of the Russian criminal code. He cited in support a text written by Boris Stomakhin, that "] and ] must be exterminated" by all available means including ], because all Russians are collectively responsible for actions of their government with respect to ]. According to Sokolov, the cited passage made application of the article 282 completely appropriate.<ref name="Sentence"/> | ||
| Aleksandr Cherkasov of the human rights center ] stated that they did not consider Stomakhin ], because his writings did call for discrimination and violence. At the same time he described the punishment as excessive, because Stomakhin did not organize any criminal acts.<ref name=arka/> | |||
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Boris Vladimirovich Stomakhin (Russian: Борис Владимирович Стомахин) (born August 24, 1974 in Moscow) is a Russian radical political activist, and editor of "Radical politics" periodical. He was convicted three times for hate speech, incriminating him advocating a dismemberment of the Russian Federation and inciting ethnic and religious hatred, and justification of terrorism. The convictions have been questioned by human rights organizations ARTICLE 19, Committee to Protect Journalists, and Union of Councils for Soviet Jews.
Journalism and political activism
Stomakhin was a member of Maoist Revolutionary Workers Party. Later he became a leader of a radical political group "Revolutionary Contact Association" (RCA).
Since 2000, Boris Stomakhin was an editor of the monthly newspaper "Radical Politics". In addition, he contributed numerous materials to Kavkaz Center, the radical Islamic internet agency that promoted the independence of Chechnya and is maintained by Chechen separatists.
According to Russian court, Stomakhin called for the violent overthrow of government, claimed that Russian troops in Chechnya are "occupiers", compared President Vladimir Putin to Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milošević., called modern Russia "an Evil empire" that must be destroyed, and considered Shamil Basaev and Salman Raduev as heroes of legitimate Chechen resistance.
According to Valeria Novodvorskaya and Yakov Krotov, Stomakhin did not actually promote any terrorist activities and became a political prisoner.
Opening of a criminal case against Stomakhin
Attempts to prosecute Stomakhin for hate speech were made unsuccessfully in 2000.
Successful application to prosecute Stomakhin was made by opposition Communist Party State Duma member Viktor Zorkaltsev at the request of another Communist party member Valentina Lavrova. Valentina Lavrova has acquired a copy of Stomakhin Radical Politics periodical, while being on rally in Mayakovsky Square, Moscow, in September 2002. Being insulted by the text of periodicals she hasn't rushed immediately to authorities, and began to collect the evidence by visiting public actions of Stomakhin and acquiring new numbers of his periodical. After collecting the evidence she referred not to police or security authorities, but to the member of parliament, Viktor Zorkaltsev.
Stomakhin's home was searched in April 2004 and his computers and books were confiscated. Stomakhin fled to Ukraine seeking political asylum, which was eventually denied.
Arrest and trial
Having returned to Moscow, Stomakhin was arrested on March 21, 2006. Stomakhin tried to escape during his arrest and fell down from fourth floor of his building, according to his lawyer Alexei Golubev and news reports. His spine and bones were broken as a result.
Stomakhin was subsequently interrogated. Psychiatry experts at the Moscow Serbsky Institute found that Stomakhin was competent to stand trial.
He was sentenced to five years of prison for inciting hatred and defamatory statements aimed at groups and persons of particular religious and ethnic background and for promoting violent change of constitutional regime and violation of territorial integrity of Russian Federation (articles 280 and 282 of the Russian Criminal Code).
In five years after his arrest on 21 March 2011 Somakhin was released from jail.
Second arrest, new criminal case and conviction
Boris Stomakhin was arrested again at his apartment Nov. 20 2012 and on a charge of violating the "anti-extremist" articles of the Criminal Code (articles 282 and 205 of the Criminal Code). Detention was the anniversary of his conviction in 2006. Court authorized his detention until 9 February 2013. The investigation was opened on July 10, 2012 and, although this was not mentioned anywhere, and Stomakhin summonses for questioning did not get up to the time of his detention.
The subject of the charges brought against the 21 November 2012 and served as the signature of three articles Stomakhin published on the Internet, namely, "Do not let another Holocaust" and "Untermensch" (in Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code, "excitement hatred and hostility on grounds of nationality or origin"), and "Mourning" (in Part 1 of the Criminal Code st.205.2, "public justification of terrorism"). In case are other article signed Stomakhin published since 2001 and (also before his first arrest). The investigation Stomakhin refused to give evidence in accordance with Article 51 of the Constitution.
The arrest of journalist was condemned by a number of public figures, including historian and sociologist Alec D. Epstein, journalists Daniel Kotsjubinsky and Vladimir Pribylovsky, a former member of the Federation Council Alexei Manannikov, the former Soviet dissidents and political prisoners Adele Naydenovich, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Andrey Derevyankin, Paul Lyuzakov, Elena Sannikova, Alexander Podrabinek, and Cyril Podrabinek, Valeria Novodvorskaya., Pyotr Verzilov. A campaign for his release. So, on the actions of the Russian opposition to 2012-2013 s raised banners with the text "Free Boris Stomakhin", his portraits with the inscription "Boris Stomakhin. 5 years in prison" were pasted on the walls Russian embassy in Berlin the night of January 16, 2013 and during the campaign in support of arrested activists of the Russian opposition, more than 100 opposition signed a petition demanding the release Stomakhin.
22 April 2014 Stomakhin was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison. 15 July 2014 sentence has been approved by Moscow city court.
Third trial
After the third trial, on April 20, 2015 the sentence was extended to 7 years.
European Court of Human Rights decision
In May 2018 the European Court of Human Rights found that the Stomakhin’s punishment was not proportionate to the legitimate aims pursued and awarded him EUR 12,500 in respect of non-pecuniary damage.
Release and emigration
In September 2019 Stomakhin was released from imprisonment. In November 2019 he left Russia and asked for asylum in Ukraine.
Commentaries
Support
Alexander Litvinenko said that "people like Boris are the most dangerous for the Putin's regime that deceived millions of Russians, brought them to their knees and transformed them to slaves". According to priest Yakov Krotov, "Stomakin made a picture of Putin with swastika? Well, I believe that not only Putin and his generals deserve to wear swastika, but also all Russian civilians who pretend that they know nothing about the genocide of Chechens and discrimination of Georgians in Russia"
Stomakhin was qualified as a prisoner of conscience" by the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews and as a political prisoner in an open letter send to G7 leaders by Russia's human rights activists Sergei Kovalev, Yelena Bonner.
A group of Russian citizens including Vladimir Bukovsky condemned the conviction of Stomakhin as prosecution of free speech.
Widow of Andrei Sakharov Elena Bonner compared Stomakhin with Soviet dissidents who were prosecuted for their writings by Yuri Andropov.
Human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina and politician Valeria Novodvorskaya argued that Stomakhin's writings while being "absolutely outrageous" and "inciting national hatred" had not been a public threat: they were very unlikely to incite anybody
Journalist Vladimir Abarinov criticized court proceedings as an example of kangaroo court He claimed that the criminal case against Stomakhin was opened based on solely an article about Russian Orthodox Church that was not written by Stomakhin. It was decided by the court that Stomakhin actually copied this article from a Live Journal entry, as well as other publications of numerous news agencies. The authors of the original work disagree to share their responsibility with Stomakhin citing that he had reproduced their works without permission and distorted the original meaning.
Criticism
M. Smolin from Komsomolskaya Pravda described views of Stomakhin as extremely Russophobic.
Critics of the court decision were denounced by publicist Maxim Sokolov [ru]. In his article published in Izvestia newspaper after the conviction of Stomakhin he remarked that Stomakhin's writings were worse than Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler ("Against this backdrop, Mein Kampf is a textbook of humanism.") and that the hate speech must be prosecuted according to the article 282 of the Russian criminal code. He cited in support a text written by Boris Stomakhin, that "Russian Federation and Russians must be exterminated" by all available means including nuclear bomb, because all Russians are collectively responsible for actions of their government with respect to Chechen people. According to Sokolov, the cited passage made application of the article 282 completely appropriate.
Aleksandr Cherkasov of the human rights center Memorial stated that they did not consider Stomakhin political prisoner, because his writings did call for discrimination and violence. At the same time he described the punishment as excessive, because Stomakhin did not organize any criminal acts.
References
- Lenin, facsists and sexual minorities freedom Archived 2007-07-02 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Official Court Sentence on Russian language dated 20.11.2006 Archived 2007-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
- "Independent journalist given five-year sentence allegedly for inciting ethnic strife". Archived from the original on 2007-01-01. Retrieved 2006-12-19.
- Boris Stomakhin:Victim of the Regime or a Terrorist Radio Liberty (in Russian)
- ^ Stomakhin Case - by Vladimir Abarinov for grani.ru.
- Radical politics and unrestrainted silliness Archived 2009-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Prima News Agency report Archived 2006-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
- NewsRu Agency report
- Regnum News Agency report
- Grani News Agency report
- Human Rights Activists Website of Valeria Novodvorskaya article
- Center of Extremal Journalism article
- RIAN News Agency investigation Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
- RIAN News Agency news article
- Text of Stomakhin's sentence Archived 2007-02-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- "От звонка до звонка". Kasparov.ru. 22 March 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
- Chronicle of a new criminal case against Boris Stomakhin
- Alex Epstein, "The Glass Bead Game Boris Stomakhin"
- Alexander Podrabinek "Human Rights cross"
- Valeria Novodvorskaya "Unprotected opposition"
- Berlin Action in defense of Russian political prisoners in Berlin
- Freedom Boris Stomakhin! No harassment for thoughts and words!
- ^ Суд приговорил публициста Бориса Стомахина к семи годам заключения
- CASE OF STOMAKHIN v. RUSSIA
- Публицист Борис Стомахин уехал из России после освобождения из колонии
- Political prisoner Boris Stomakhin, page 10
- Political prisoner Boris Stomakhin, page 14
- Open letter in support of Boris Stomakhin Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Letter by Sannikova and Bonner Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine.
- Conviction of Boris Stomakhin: Opinions (Russian) - by Anna Karpuk for grani.ru
- Scapegoats - by Valeria Novodvorskaya for grani.ru
- Second-hand fascism - by Valeria Novodvorskaya for grani.ru
- Komsomolskaya Pravda article
- "Ловушка-282" (Catch 282), Maxim Sokolov, Izvestia 23 November 2006
External links
- Boris Stomakhin's official web-page
- (in Russian) Official Court Sentence, dated November 20, 2006
- Web site in support of Boris Stomakhin
- Articles by Boris Stomakhin
- The article 'Death to Russia' by Boris Stomkahin in Google cache
- Revolutionary Contact Association website
- Another website of Revolutionary Contact Association
- Russian political writers
- Russian political activists
- Russian male journalists
- Writers from Moscow
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Political repression in Russia
- Journalists imprisoned in Russia
- Russian prisoners and detainees
- Russian opinion journalists
- European Court of Human Rights cases involving Russia
- Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights
- Russian activists against the Russian invasion of Ukraine