Konstantin Antonets
Konstantin Antonets, born 1985, Kaliningrad Oblast. Charges: Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “Zimina and Antonets treason case”. Sentence (December 24, 2020): 12 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 100,000 roubles. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since July 2, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast.
In brief
Kaliningrad Oblast · Kaliningrad · Lawyers
Sentence
12 years 6 months
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony, a fine of 100,000 roubles
Upheld September 15, 2021
Charges
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
Full wording of the charges
According to the prosecution's version, he became involved by his wife Antonina Zimina in criminal activities in 2015, assisted her in collecting information for Latvian intelligence. In particular, while at work, he supposedly copied a resolution of the regional government containing state secrets. Together with Zimina, they handed over this document to the Latvian side during a visit to Riga in April 2018.
Latest event
September 15, 2021 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years 6 months
· Persecution begins
Zimina and Antonets treason case
Criminal case
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Facility: Penal colony No. 6, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
190000, Санкт-Петербург, Грузовой проезд, 7, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН России по Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области», Антонец Константин Владимирович, 1985 г.р.
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Full summary
He worked as a lawyer in the Ministry of Economy of the Kaliningrad region, then as a lawyer in a private company "Yurist-Praktik". A month after the detention and arrest of his wife Antonina Zimina, on 8 August 2018, searches took place at her father's home, where Antonets lived, and at Antonets' place of work. On 10 July 2019, Antonets was detained in a case of state treason and taken into custody.
Subsequently, the spouses' criminal cases were merged. Initially, it was reported based on Zimina's declaraions that the reason for the prosecution was taking photos at her wedding, which turned out to depict FSB officer Maxim Denisenko (who was not at that moment hiding his place of work) and then sending those photos to guests from Latvia and Lithuania. Later it became known that the case involves the transfer to Latvian intelligence of secret documentation allegedly obtained by Antonets during his work as a lawyer in the Ministry of Economy of the Kaliningrad region.
On 24 December 2020 Antonets was sentenced to 12 and a half years in a strict regime penal colony and a fine of 100,000 rubles. In detention, he almost entirely lost his eyesight. His relatives insist on a medical examination.
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