Evgeny Afanasiev
Evgeny Afanasiev, born 1952, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “The case of the transfer of information on the Bulava to China”. Sentence (June 19, 2012): Conviction, 12 years 6 months in a strict regime colony. Status: deceased. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, January 6, 2014; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, July 11, 2012.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Scientists
Sentence
12 years 6 months
Conviction, 12 years 6 months in a strict regime colony
Upheld February 4, 2013
Charges
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
Full wording of the charges
passed classified information on the Bulava strategic missile system to China.
Latest event
April 14, 2015 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, January 6, 2014
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, July 11, 2012
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years 6 months
· Persecution begins
The case of the transfer of information on the Bulava to China
Criminal case
The case of the transfer of information on the Bulava to China
Other defendants in the case
- Svyatoslav Bobyshev — At large, 12 years
Details and sources
Full summary
Yevgeny Afanasiev is a professor at the Department of Launch and Technical Complexes of Rockets and Spacecrafts of the Ustinov Baltic State Technical University "Voenmeh" in St. Petersburg. In March 2010, he was detained by the FSB on suspicion of transferring technical data on the Bulava intercontinental missile to China. The trial was held in closed mode. During the arguments, the prosecutor demanded 15 years' imprisonment for Afanasyev. On 20 June 2012, he was sentenced to 12 and a half years in a strict regime colony. Died in the colony in April 2015.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 275, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.