Ilya Gushchin
Ilya Gushchin, born 1988, Moscow. Charges: Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in mass riots); Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “The case of the Four”. Sentence (August 17, 2014): Two years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 29, 2015; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Office workers · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
2 years 6 months
Two years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime penal colony
Upheld November 26, 2014
Charges
- Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in mass riots
- Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official
Full wording of the charges
Participated in mass riots on Bolotnaya Square on 6 May 2012, used violence against a police officer
Latest event
December 29, 2015 — recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 29, 2015
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Persecution begins
The case of the Four
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
TDF No. 1 of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow
Criminal case
The case of the Four
- Case number
- 01-0032/2017(01-0543/2016)
Other defendants in the case
- Alexei Gaskarov — At large, 3 years 6 months
- Elena Kokhtareva — At large, 3 years 3 months
- Alexander Margolin — At large, 3 years 6 months
Thematic group: The case of the five; Bolotnaya case
Details and sources
Full summary
Ilya Gushchin is a member of the National Democratic Party (at the time of detention). On 6 May 2012, he was detained during the dispersal of a rally on Bolotnaya Square, on 8 May he was sentenced to one day of administrative arrest, which he has already served. On 6 February 2013, he was detained in a criminal case, and on 7 February he was charged with participation in the mass riots that allegedly took place on Bolotnaya Square, and with having grabbed and pushed policeman Sergei Antonov from behind. Gushchin initially pleaded guilty to using violence against Antonov, but later retracted his confession. On 18 August 2014, the court sentenced him to two and a half years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. He was released on 5 August 2015
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 212 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.