Dyer Ilya Iosifovich

Dyer Ilya Iosifovich

Biography

He worked as the editor of the publications "Poster" and "Medusa."

2021-2022: Initiation of a criminal case

On April 22, 2022, it became known about the initiation of a criminal case against Ilya Krasilshchik. The ex-head of Yandex Lavka is suspected of disseminating false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

According to an Interfax source, Dyer is suspected of posting on his Instagram page (banned in the Russian Federation; belongs to the Meta corporation, which is recognized in Russia as a banned extremist organization) fake information about the involvement of the Russian military in the killings of civilians during a special operation in Ukraine.

The maximum punishment that entails a violation of the law on fakes (part 1 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) is imprisonment for up to three years, and if the dissemination of false information entails grave consequences, then the punishment will be from 10 to 15 years in prison.

In his commentary for Meduza (included by the Ministry of Justice of Russia in the list of foreign media agents), Dyelshchik noted that he had not received an official notice, he learned about the criminal case from Telegram channels. The media manager stressed that he does not plan to return to Russia. The fact that he left the Russian Federation became known at the end of February 2022.

On April 22, 2022, Ilya Krasilshchik announced on his Telegram channel that he was leaving Yandex.

We have been planning my exit from Yandex for a month and a half. But I think that after today's news, I should somehow quickly decide on it. From today, I no longer work for the company (officially, in reality, I have not done anything since February). This is my decision, I love and respect everyone, "he wrote.

In November 2021, Ilya Krasilshchik left the post of head of Yandex.Lavka, while he continued to work in the Yandex structure until April 2022.^[1]

2022

Interviews with The New York Times and foreign agents

In the spring of 2022, Ilya Krasilshchik made an unusual article in the American edition of The New York Times: "We must admit that we failed as a nation."

Later, Dyer distributes an interview, where he repeats his theses. On April 14, 2022, a video was released on the channel of Ilya Shepelin, a former employee of Dozhd (recognized as a foreign agent), and on April 15, an interview appeared on the channel of Irina Shikhman.

These are reports that "the Russian Federation is no longer as a brand" - these are the estimates of the Yandex manager. He sees the strategy as follows: "for Russia, the only way out is a colossal and vivid defeat in this war, Thank God that we have such a bad army."

Wanted list and seizure of accounts

On July 7, 2022, it became known about the wanted list of Ilya Krasilshchik. The relevant information is published in the database of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. It states that the Dyer is wanted "under the article of the Criminal Code," but according to which - there is no information.

Something I was completely lost. I'm trying to find myself, - ironically noted the dyer on his Twitter page (the social network is blocked in Russia). The manager added that in half an hour he was found by "an incredible number of people."

Former CEO of Yandex. Shops "Ilya Krasilshchik put on the wanted list

The former general director of Yandex.Lavka, who has been outside the Russian Federation since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine (by July 8, 2022), was charged the first part of Art. 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for a post on Instagram (owned by Meta, recognized as an extremist and banned on the territory of the Russian Federation).

The dyer is wanted in the case of disseminating inaccurate information about the actions of the Russian military, TelegramAgora Pavel Chikov, head of the international human rights group "" wrote in the channel on July 7, 2022. For this violation, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code provides for punishment of up to 15 years in prison. The dyer is not in Russia, Chikov added.

The dyer at the end of May 2022 said that "official confirmation" had come from the investigator for especially important cases. Telegram channel Baza claimed that the Dyer's case was connected with his Instagram post dedicated to the events in the Ukrainian city of Bucha near Kyiv. The Russian military left this city after the decision of the Russian Ministry of Defense to reduce activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions during a special military operation in Ukraine. The agency denied the accusations "of allegedly killing civilians" in Bucha, and called the published photos from there a "provocation" of Kyiv.^[2]

In early August 2022, Ilya Krasilshchik's accounts for 7.5 million rubles were arrested.

Roskomnadzor blocked the website of Ilya Krasilshchik's publication "Support Service"

In October 2022, Roskomnadzor blocked the website of Ilya Krasilshchik's publication "Support Service," created in Latvia in May of the same year with American money.

Back in May, Krasilshchik stated that his "independent" media aimed to "fix the crimes of the Russian state" and was not financially dependent on large donors so that they could not influence the editorial policy.

However, at the same time they wrote that the "Support Service" was created with the money of the North Base Media venture fund, which promotes "free" media around the world.

At the end of October, the Support Service distributed cards on how to "deal with Russian propaganda, talk to loved ones and reduce the impact of propaganda on Russian society." The material of the publication was distributed by other anti-Russian media.

=== 2023

Absentee arrest in the case of fakes about the army

In mid-March 2023, the Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested in absentia the ex-head of Yandex Lavka Ilya Krasilshchik (recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation), who is accused of disseminating deliberately false information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces .

In relation to Krasilshchik, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of detention for a period of two months from the moment of his extradition to the territory of the Russian Federation or from the moment of detention in the territory of the Russian Federation, the Interfax court reports.

Ilya Krasilshchik at the GQ Man of the Year award

The dyer has been put on the international wanted list. The trial in the Basmanny Court took place in a closed mode from media representatives and visitors.

In early March 2023, Dyer was charged in absentia in the case of "fakes." At the same time, the article was tightened: as the lawyer Sergei Badamshin said, the charge was brought against Krasilshchik not in the first part (up to three years in prison) of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, but in the second (up to 10 years). The criminal case was based on the post of the Dyer about the killings of civilians in Bucha. Badamshin said in his Telegram channel that he would appeal the court's decision on the absentee arrest of the media manager.

After the county from Russia, Ilya Krasilshchik created the Support Service project, which unites the consultation service on issues such as mobilization, relocation, charitable and psychological assistance, and news media with the stories of people affected by the military special operation in Ukraine. In October 2022, Roskomnadzor restricted access to the Support Services website.

The dyer also reported the arrest of his bank accounts, not only in rubles, but also in dollars, euros, Israeli shekels and UAE dirhams. By March 2023, it is not reported in which country the ex-head of Yandex.Lavka is located^[3]

Absentee sentence - 8 years for fakes about the Russian army

On June 29, 2023, the Basmanny Court of Moscow sentenced media manager Ilya Krasilshchik in absentia to eight years in a general regime colony for spreading fakes about the Russian army. The prosecution asked to sentence the former CEO of Yandex.Lavka to nine years in prison.

The court found Krasilshchik guilty of publicly disseminating deliberately false, according to the authorities, information about the use of the army (part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). This part of the article provides for up to 10 years in prison with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to five years. Part 2 of Article of the Criminal Code involves committing a crime using official position, as part of a group of persons by prior conspiracy, out of selfish motives or based on political, ideological or other hostility.

Ilya Krasilshchik

According to the plot of the case, in April 2022, while abroad, Krasilshchik posted on his social network unreliable, according to investigators, information about events in the Ukrainian city of Bucha. In addition, the investigation established that in an interview posted on YouTube, Dyer disseminated deliberately false information about the use of the Russian Armed Forces for shelling, destroying civilian infrastructure and the population in Ukraine, including in Bucha.

The court also banned Dyer from administering sites on the Internet for four years. The trial in the Basmanny Court of Moscow took place in absentia - the media manager left. Russia The term of punishment will be calculated from the moment the Dyer is detained on the territory Russia or extradited to the Russian Federation.

In his last word, which Krasilshchik published on Facebook (owned by Meta, recognized as extremist and banned in Russia), he said that "there is no logic and meaning" in what is happening.

{{quote 'The courts do not decide anything, the laws mean nothing, but I am not here at all, "wrote Dyer^[4]

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