Kirill Belousov
Kirill Belousov, born 2000, Bryansk Oblast. Charges: Article 208 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Attempt to participate in an illegal armed formation); “Kirill Belousov's case of participation in the activities of an illegal armed group”. Sentence (January 17, 2023): 5 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 9, 2023. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 9, 2024.
In brief
Bryansk Oblast · Bryansk · Shop assistants
Sentence
5 years
deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 208 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Attempt to participate in an illegal armed formation.
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigators, he decided to go to Ukraine to participate in hostilities on the side of the AFU as a member of the Ukrainian legion "Freedom of Russia", for which he started correspondence with a Ukrainian recruiter and on his instructions travelled to the village of Belaya Berezka, Trubchevsky district, Bryansk region, where he was detained by law enforcement officers.
Latest event
December 9, 2024 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, December 9, 2024
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Kirill Belousov's case of participation in the activities of an illegal armed group
Criminal case
Kirill Belousov's case of participation in the activities of an illegal armed group
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Full summary
A resident of Balakovo (Saratov region), a salesman at Magnit. He was detained on 6 July 2022 in Bryansk region. Belousov was first arrested for ten days under an administrative article on disobedience to a lawful demand of a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences), then taken into custody under a criminal case on preparation for participation in an illegal armed formation. On 17 January 2023, he was sentenced to five years in a strict regime prison colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 208 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.