Ivan Fokin
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 222 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 228 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 231 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 275 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 9 years
- Date of verdict
- 2024-03-29
- Region
- Belgorod Oblast
- City
- Belgorod
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Рязанской области»
- Address for letters
- 391825, Рязанская область, Скопинский район, пос. Клекотки, р-н Скопинский, ул Новая, д. 1, ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Рязанской области», Фокин Иван Иванович, 1995 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 29 September 2025
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Case summary
He is a tractor driver from the Belgorod region. In the summer of 2023, he was detained for allegedly being drunk in a public place; then a criminal case was opened against him for illegal arms trafficking (Article 222 of the Criminal Code), and on 4 October 2023, two more criminal cases were opened against him – for attempted treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code) and attempted participation in a terrorist organisation (Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code). On 10 October, he was added to the register of extremists and terrorists.
Fokin’s mother reported that she was able to get a visit with her son a month after his detention. Fokin said that on 27 June he was detained by patrol service officers when he was going home from work and “was drunk”, and then “they found some likes in his phone”. Fokin also told his mother that the grenade they found in his home had been planted there: they pulled a bag over his head, “got his hands wet with something and gave him something to hold”. Then, according to Tatyana, Fokin was put in an isolation centre, where he was beaten and forced to sign a confession.
On 29 March 2024, Fokin was sentenced to nine years in a strict regime colony.
Others charged under Article 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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