Albert Gurdjian
Albert Gurdjian, born 1974, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Charges: Article 138.1, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal trafficking of special technical devices intended for covert information gathering); Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting to or financing terrorist activities through an official position); Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition); “The case of Albert Gurdjian”. Sentence (September 20, 2017): compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 10, 2017.
In brief
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast · Nizhny Novgorod · Bloggers, Manual workers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
compulsory treatment in a psychiatric hospital
Upheld December 13, 2017
Charges
- Article 138.1, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal trafficking of special technical devices intended for covert information gathering.
- Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting to or financing terrorist activities through an official position
- Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition
Full wording of the charges
humiliated the dignity of a group of persons on the grounds of belonging to a social group identified by the type of official activity (employees of the judicial bodies of the Russian Federation - officials who decide cases in court) and of a federal judge as a representative of this group; posted a link to a video on his social network page, in which experts found "public justification of terrorism and calls for terrorist activity"; illegally purchased two technical means on the Internet intended for covert obtaining of information and a 9mm flare gun (non-monetary purposes; and made an unlawful purchase of a video clip of a federal judge).
Latest event
February 2, 2018 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
· Preventive measure: temporary stay in hospital
· 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 Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of Albert Gurdjian
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The case of Albert Gurdjian
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Full summary
On 10 February 2017, he was arrested and charged with incitement to hatred against representatives of the judiciary. He was also charged with justification of terrorism, illegal acquisition of special technical means intended for the covert acquisition of information, and illegal acquisition and storage of weapons. During the investigation, an expert examination revealed "signs of mental disorder" in Gyurdzhiyan. In June 2017, he was transferred to a psychiatric hospital. On 21 September, the court ruled to send him to compulsory treatment. On 23 December, Gyurdzhiyan escaped from the hospital, but on 25 December he was back there again.
On 18 April 2019, the charge of incitement to hatred was removed from the case.
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- Russia
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