Andrei Galchevsky
Andrei Galchevsky, born 1963, Kaliningrad Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); Article 275 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparation for treason against the state (preparation for a crime)); “The case of Andrei Galchevsky”. Sentence (September 8, 2023): 11 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, a fine of 400,000 roubles, and a two-year ban on administering… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 15, 2022; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast.
In brief
Kaliningrad Oblast · Kaliningrad · Entrepreneurs · Terrorism cases
Sentence
10 years 1 month
11 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony, a fine of 400,000 roubles, and a two-year ban on administering websites.
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
- Article 275 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparation for treason against the state (preparation for a crime)
Full wording of the charges
According to the version of the investigation, he called for killing the heads of military enlistment offices and planned to join the foreign legion of the AFU.
Latest event
September 8, 2023 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 10 years 1 month.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 10 years 1 month
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of Andrei Galchevsky
Criminal case
The case of Andrei Galchevsky
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Facility: Penal colony No. 6, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
190000, Санкт-Петербург, Грузовой проезд, 7, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН России по Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области», Гальчевский Андрей Витальевич, 1963 г.р.
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Full summary
A resident of Kaliningrad and a businessman. In October 2022, he was detained after officers of the Centre for Combating Extremism accused him of speaking loudly on the phone while using profane language. He was arrested for 10 days under the administrative charge on petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). At the same time, the project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial" project pointed out that phone records showed Galchevsky had not been on the phone at all during the specified time. The court of appeal reduced his arrest by 24 hours. However, before his scheduled release, he was charged in a criminal case with publicly justifying terrorism and preparing for treason. According to the investigation, he called for killing the heads of military commissariats and planned to join the foreign legion of the AFU. Galchevskyy was taken into custody.
On 8 September 2023, he was sentenced to 11 years in a strict-regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Israel, Russia
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