Ekaterina Harebava
Ekaterina Harebava, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 276, Russian Criminal Code (Transferring, collecting, stealing, or storing information classified as state secret with the…); “The case of Catherine Harebawa”. Sentence (November 13, 2014): six years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 9, 2016; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, May 12, 2015.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Sochi · Shop assistants
Sentence
6 years
six years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld March 23, 2015
Charges
- Article 276, Russian Criminal Code — Transferring, collecting, stealing, or storing information classified as state secret with the intent to transfer to a foreign state, organization, or their representatives.
Full wording of the charges
In August 2008, when she saw the movement of Russian troops, she informed the military representative of Georgia about it and in that way passed on information constituting a state secret, thus damaging the interests of the Russian Federation
Latest event
June 6, 2016 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, February 9, 2016
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 12, 2015
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Imprisonment ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Persecution begins
The case of Catherine Harebawa
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai
Criminal case
The case of Catherine Harebawa
Details and sources
Full summary
On May 24, 2013, she was taken into custody and charged with espionage. On November 14, 2014, she was sentenced to six years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. On March 24, 2015, the court of second instance left the sentence unchanged. The relevant ruling was drawn up and signed by the judges the day before.
In June 2016, she was released together with other Georgian citizens convicted of espionage.
Other people prosecuted under Article 276, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.