Yuliy Boyarshinov
Yuliy Boyarshinov, born 1991, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); Article 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage, transportation, shipment or bearing of explosive substances…); “The St. Petersburg "Networks" case”. Sentence (December 20, 2021): Five years three months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: not in Russia. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 12, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, September 4, 2019.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Manual workers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
5 years 3 months
Five years three months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
First instance, June 21, 2020: 5 years 6 months
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
- Article 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage, transportation, shipment or bearing of explosive substances or explosive devices
Full wording of the charges
Participation in the terrorist community "Network" and illegal possession of explosives
Latest event
April 21, 2023 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, September 12, 2019
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 4, 2019
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 6 months
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The St. Petersburg "Networks" case
Criminal case
The St. Petersburg "Networks" case
Other defendants in the case
- Viktor Filinkov — Not in Russia, 7 years
Thematic group: The "Network" case
Details and sources
Full summary
Boyarshinov was detained on 21 January 2018, apparently by chance. They found with him 400 grams of smoky powder, a relatively weak explosive used for making fireworks, as well as by hunters and amateur shooters. Officers from Police Department 53 beat the detainee because he refused to communicate with them. Two days later Boyarshinov was charged only with illegal possession of explosives (part 1 of article 222.1 of the Criminal Code), and Primorsky District Court arrested him for 30 days.
FSB officers started to visit Boyarshinov in the pre-trial detention centre. They threatened to worsen the conditions of his detention if he did not "talk" and called the names of the "Network" case defendants from Penza. Yuli refused to communicate. As a result, he was transferred from the pre-trial detention centre "Kresty-2" to the pre-trial detention centre "Gorelovo" in a 115-bed cell, where 150 people accused of murder, rape and robbery are held. On 11 April 2018, he was charged with participation in the terrorist community "Network" (part 2 of article 205.4 of the Criminal Code).
On 20 March 2019, Boyarshinov announced that he was ready to plead guilty and was going to ask the court to consider his case under a special procedure, i.e. without examining the evidence.
On 22 June 2020, he was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony. On 29 April 2021, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to five years and three months.
Boyarshinov was assigned eight years of administrative supervision. On 21 April 2023, he was released and left Russia on 28 April.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.