Ruslan Gubkin
Ruslan Gubkin, born 1997, Arkhangelsk Oblast. Charges: Article 280.4 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code; “Ruslan Gubkin's case on calls for activities violating the security of the Russian Federation”. Sentence (March 15, 2024): 3 years' of deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 27, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 14, Arkhangelsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 3, 2025.
In brief
Arkhangelsk Oblast · NULL · Anti-war cases
Sentence
3 years
of deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony
Upheld May 20, 2024
Charges
Full wording of the charges
According to the version of the investigation, he called for the arson of the military recruiting office.
Latest event
June 3, 2025 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, June 3, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №3 (SIZO-3) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Arkhangelsk Oblast
· Persecution begins
Ruslan Gubkin's case on calls for activities violating the security of the Russian Federation
Criminal case
Ruslan Gubkin's case on calls for activities violating the security of the Russian Federation
- Case number
- 1-27/2024
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 14, Arkhangelsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
165115, Архангельская область, Вельский район, д. Горка-Муравьёвская, Спецгородок д.1 «А», ФКУ «ИК № 14 УФСИН России по Архангельской области», Губкин Руслан Фаридович, 1997 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of the Arkhangelsk region, he was detained in the early hours of 27 October 2023 in front of the local military enlistment office. The following day, a court sentenced him to seven days of administrative arrest under the article on petty hooliganism (Part 1, Article 20.1 of the Russian Code of Administrative Offences). The report stated that he had touched the building with his hand and responded with profanity to the police officers' demand to stop. On 2 November he was sentenced to another seven days under the article on incitement to hatred or hostility (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 4 November Gubkin's house was searched. After seven days from the second trial Gubkin was not released. It became known that a criminal case was initiated against him for calling for activities that violate the security of the Russian Federation. According to the version of law enforcers, he called for the arson of the military recruiting office in a Telegram chat room. In addition, the court received case files against Gubkin under administrative articles on discrediting the army (paragraph 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the CAO) and dissemination of information that humiliates human dignity (part 3 of article 20.1 of the CAO). On 15 March 2024, Gubkin was sentenced to three years in a general regime penal colony.
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