Mikhail Babintsev
Mikhail Babintsev, born 1983, Buryatia. Charges: Article 205 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Terrorist attack); “The case of arson of the military recruitment centre in the village of Mukhorshibir”. Sentence (October 4, 2023): 13 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 1, 2022; place of detention: Penal colony No. 3, Irkutsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 28, 2024.
In brief
Buryatia · Ulan-Ude · Photographer · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases
Sentence
13 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld October 14, 2024
Charges
- Article 205 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Terrorist attack
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, on the night of October 16-17, he threw two Molotov cocktails onto the roof of the military recruitment office in the village of Mukhorshbir. As a result, two square meters of the building's facade were burned, but the fire did not spread inside.
Latest event
October 14, 2024 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, February 28, 2024
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 13 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of arson of the military recruitment centre in the village of Mukhorshibir
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Buryatia
Criminal case
The case of arson of the military recruitment centre in the village of Mukhorshibir
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 3, Irkutsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
664019, Иркутская область, г. Иркутск, ул. Писарева, 13, ФКУ «ИК № 3 ГУФСИН России по Иркутской области», Бабинцев Михаил Петрович, 1983 г.р.
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Full summary
Unemployed, amateur photographer. Previously worked as a security guard in the FSIN system. On 27 October 2022, he was detained and then taken into custody in a terrorist attack case because, according to the investigation, he threw two Molotov cocktails on the roof of the military recruitment office in the village of Mukhorshibir, which resulted in the burning of two square metres of the building's facade. According to his wife, Babintsev was categorically against the war. She assumes that he was trying to express his disagreement in this way, but, in addition, he was counting on getting a criminal record and not being drafted. On 4 October 2023, he was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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