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Alexander ByvshevAlexander Byvshev (Russian: Александр Бывшев) is a Russian teacher, and poet from Oryol Oblast. He was convicted in 2015 for writing pro-Ukrainian poetry.[1] Six criminal extremism cases were open against him for writing poetry with criticism of Josef Stalin and other Soviet leadership during World War II and Russian military intervention in Ukraine.[2] BiographyByvshev taught German at a secondary school in the town of Kromy and was writing poetry[3] In some of his published poems, such as "To Ukrainian patriots", he denounced the Annexation of Crimea and called Ukrainians to resist.[4] His work was criticized in a local newspaper.[5] In May, 2014, criminal proceedings were initiated against him for extremism. In 2015, he was accused for "incitement to hatred and enmity"[6] and was sentenced to 300 hours of community service. Byvshev was consequently fired and added to a "List of Terrorists and Extremists",[7] the consequences of which included all his bank accounts being frozen.[3] The SOVA Center, a Moscow-based non-profit organization that monitors human rights, described the local media campaign against Byvshev as reminiscent of a Stalinist campaign against "rootless cosmopolitans". After a consensus of editors, the Russian Language Wikipedia deleted its article about him.[3] References
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