Russian political activist Ildar Dadin has been released from prison, days after the Supreme Court overturned his conviction.
«I will continue to fight against Putin’s fascist regime,» Dadin said after his release in footage broadcast online by the Dozhd channel. «I will fight so that human rights are respected in Russia.»
Earlier Russia’s Supreme Court overturned the conviction of oppositionist Ildar Dadin, ordered his release from prison, and recognized his right to rehabilitation. This decision was made after the country’s Constitutional Court found that his sentence was illegal. The Prosecutor General’s office, having decided that Dadin’s actions did not constitute a crime, also petitioned for his release.
In December 2015, opposition activist Ildar Dadin was sentenced to three years in prison. He was the first person in Russia to be convicted under the newly invented Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code on “repeatedly violating the rules of organizing street events”, in Dadin’s case – protests. In March 2016, the sentence was reduced from three years to two and a half.