Andrey Chernov
Andrey Chernov, born 1989, Penza Oblast. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); Article 228.1 part 4 item g applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Attempt at the illegal production, sale, or shipment of drugs or their counterparts in large amounts); “The "Network" case in Penza”. Sentence (February 9, 2020): 14 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since November 5, 2017; place of detention: Penal colony No. 8, Udmurtia. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 17, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, December 8, 2019.
In brief
Penza Oblast · Penza · Mechanics · Terrorism cases
Sentence
14 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld April 26, 2021
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
- Article 228.1 part 4 item g applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Attempt at the illegal production, sale, or shipment of drugs or their counterparts in large amounts.
Full wording of the charges
participated in the activities of the Network terrorist community; planned to sell drugs on a large scale
Latest event
April 26, 2021 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 17, 2019
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, December 8, 2019
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 14 years
· 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 "Network" case in Penza
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Penza Oblast
Criminal case
The "Network" case in Penza
Other defendants in the case
- Maksim Ivankin — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Vasily Kuksov — Imprisoned, 9 years
- Mikhail Kulkov — Imprisoned, 10 years
- Dmitrii Pchelintsev — Imprisoned, 18 years
- Arman Sagynbayev — At large, 6 years
- Ilya Shakursky — Imprisoned, 16 years
Thematic group: The "Network" case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 8, Udmurtia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
427011, Удмуртская Республика, Завьяловский район, пос. Хохряки, ФКУ «ИК № 8 УФСИН России по Удмуртской Республике», Чернов Андрей Сергеевич, 1989 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Andrey Chernov was detained in Penza in November 2017, with no one knowing of his whereabouts for two days after his arrest. Chernov was accused of participation in the terrorist community Network and arrested. He was put under pressure - they said that his brother would also be sent to a pre-trial detention centre if Chernov did not sign all the requested documents. He signed a confession after talking to another defendant in the case, Dmitriy Pchelintsev, who, according to his own words, was brutally tortured. Chernov later retracted his confession.
On 10 February 2020, he was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.
In September 2023, Chernov was sent to a punishment cell, immediately after his parents, with whom he had a long visit, complained about problems with telephone communication in the colony. Chernov spent 38 days in the punishment cell, after which he was transferred to strict detention conditions.
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.