Ilya Gibeskul
Ilya Gibeskul, born 2003, Kaliningrad Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Ilya Gibeskul's case on public justification of terrorism”. Sentence (February 28, 2024): A fine of 500,000 rubles, reduced to 60,000 rubles, taking into account detention in custody. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 28, 2024.
In brief
Kaliningrad Oblast · Students · Terrorism cases
Sentence
A fine of 500,000 rubles, reduced to 60,000 rubles, taking into account detention in custody
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)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation's version, he reposted donation collections for the "Azov" Battalion.
Latest event
February 28, 2024 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, February 28, 2024
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution ends
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Ilya Gibeskul's case on public justification of terrorism
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Ilya Gibeskul's case on public justification of terrorism
Details and sources
Full summary
In early April 2022 at the latest, Gibeskul and his father were forcibly deported from Mariupol. In the group for missing persons, it was stated that people on the list were forcibly and illegally taken from Mariupol to Donetsk for filtration.
In April 2023, the student tried to leave for Poland through the Kaliningrad region, but Polish border guards refused to let the young man pass; he was detained by Russian border guards.
Gibeskul's phone was taken away, after which ten reposts appeared on his VKontakte page, which he has not maintained since 2019 (in particular, videos titled "Oath of the Azov Battalion on Sofiyivska Square 23.06.14g", "Wahhabi terrorist instructs Muslims", and "Dudayev about Ukraine").
On 15 April 2023, a court in Kaliningrad arrested him for 15 days under the article on petty hooliganism. After that, Gibeskul was taken into custody on the case of public justification of terrorism.
On 28 February 2024, Gibeskul was sentenced to a fine of 60,000 rubles.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.