Rustem Gugurik
Rustem Gugurik, born 1971, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the…); “The case of Rustem Gugurik”. Sentence (October 24, 2022): Eight years and six months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 27, 2022; place of detention: Penal colony No. 8, Buryatia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, January 22, 2023.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Drivers
Sentence
8 years 6 months
Eight years and six months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld December 5, 2022
Charges
- Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the territory of a foreign state
Full wording of the charges
Participated in the activities of the "Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan": ran a subsidiary farm at the location of the armed formation and supplied the members of the "Noman Chelebidzhikhan Battalion" with foodstuffs and uniforms.
Latest event
January 22, 2023 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, January 22, 2023
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
· Persecution begins
The case of Rustem Gugurik
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Rustem Gugurik
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 8, Buryatia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
670042, г.Улан-Удэ, Спиртзаводской тракт, 4 км, ФКУ «ИК № 8 УФСИН России по Республике Бурятия», Гугурик Рустем Сейдалиевич, 1971 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Genicheskiy district of Kherson region (Ukraine). On 27 March 2022, he was detained at passport control on the way from Kherson region to Crimea, taken to the FSS in Simferopol. A criminal case was initiated on 29 March. The court placed Gugurik in custody on charges of involvement in an illegal armed formation, namely the Crimean Tatar Volunteer Battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan, which apparently had not been functioning for a long time at the time of the prosecution. On 25 October, he was sentenced to eight and a half years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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