Vladimir Ilyich Linderman is a Latvian and Russian publicist, political dissident of Jewish origin, and a member of Russia's unregistered National Bolshevik Party since 1997.
10 Facts About Vladimir Linderman
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In 1991, Linderman worked in the Russian editorial office of the Atmoda newspaper.
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From 2002, Vladimir Linderman was a member of the Central Committee of the NBP.
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On September 24,2003, Vladimir Linderman was arrested by the Federal Security Service in Moscow and spent 19 days in Lefortovo Prison.
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On June 21,2006, Vladimir Linderman was arrested again, but during his convoying to Latvia Vladimir Linderman escaped and remained in hiding for two more years.
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In 2008, Vladimir Linderman was finally found and on March 20 extradited to Latvia, where he was accused of storing explosives, calling to overthrow the political system and planning to assassinate the President of Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga.
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On October 6,2008, Vladimir Linderman was given a one-year prison sentence suspended for twelve months for the possession of a TNT block with a detonator, but was cleared on the charges of inciting to overthrow the government due to lack of evidence.
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On October 26,2008, he attempted to enter Estonia from Finland, but was detained at the Tallinn Passenger Port, where Vladimir Linderman was informed he is banned from entering the country and sent back to Finland.
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In 2009, Vladimir Linderman became the founder and leader of the Latvian political party The 13 January Movement.
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On May 8,2018, Vladimir Linderman was arrested by the Security Police for a suspected incitement of national, ethnic and racial hatred, performing activities aimed against Latvia's independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, state power and government structure, as well as organizing mass riots in a March 31 speech he gave at the "All-Latvian Parents Gathering" organized by the Latvian Russian Union.