Gagik Avanesyan
Gagik Avanesyan, born 1965, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 163 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Demands to carry out property-related actions under the threat of damage or destruction of the…); “The case of the Gelendzhik human rights defenders”. Sentence (April 29, 2013): 8 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 9, 2014.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Gelendzhik · Human rights defenders
Sentence
8 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld August 12, 2013
Charges
- Article 163 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Demands to carry out property-related actions under the threat of damage or destruction of the victim's property, dissemination of information that disgraces the victim or those close to them or violence.
Full wording of the charges
extorted two million roubles from developers A. Petrosyan and H. Akrid, who were building a 9-storey apartment building with violations, and 500,000 roubles from N. Shikhidi, who was illegally building a 7-storey building.
Latest event
February 1, 2020 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 9, 2014
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of the Gelendzhik human rights defenders
Criminal case
The case of the Gelendzhik human rights defenders
Other defendants in the case
- Zufar Achilov — At large, 11 years
- Vladimir Ivanov — At large, 13 years
- Valery Semergei — At large, 8 years
Thematic group: The case of the Gelendzhik human rights defenders
Details and sources
Full summary
On 21 February 2012, he was detained on charges of extorting developers who built houses with violations; a preventive measure in the form of detention was elected; on 30 April 2013, he was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony; on 13 August 2013, the court of second instance left the sentence unchanged.
He was released in February 2020.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 163 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.