Andrey Karepov
Andrey Karepov, born 1972, Moscow Oblast. Charges: Article 105 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Aggravated murder); Article 105 part 2 items zh, z applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code; Article 222 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition (by a group, using official positions or the Internet)); “The case of involvement in contract killings”. Sentence (February 10, 2023): 21 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since November 18, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 7, Khabarovsk Krai. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, October 18, 2024.
In brief
Moscow Oblast · Lyubertsy · Lawyers
Sentence
21 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld September 19, 2024
Charges
- Article 105 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Aggravated murder
- Article 105 part 2 items zh, z applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
- Article 222 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition (by a group, using official positions or the Internet)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he found the perpetrators of the planned murders, supervised their actions and kept secret the information "that could contribute to the suppression or disclosure of illegal activities of the group members"; "no later than 28 July 2004", he attracted Mikhail Timofeev and "persons not identified by the investigation, who had significant authority in criminal circles and were regularly involved in the commission of premeditated crimes" to the group, who, in turn, attracted Mikhail Timofeev to the organised group.
Latest event
October 18, 2024 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, October 18, 2024
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 21 years
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
· Persecution begins
The case of involvement in contract killings
Criminal case
The case of involvement in contract killings
- Case number
- 1-10/2023 (1-171/2022;)
Other defendants in the case
- Marat Kadyrov — Imprisoned, 9 years 6 months
- Andrei Paley — Imprisoned, 17 years
- Sergei Furgal — Imprisoned, 22 years
Thematic group: The case of involvement in contract killings
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 7, Khabarovsk Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
681005, ул. Павловского д. 12, Хабаровский край, г. Комсомольск-на-Амуре, ФКУ «ИК № 7 УФСИН России по Хабаровскому краю», Карепов Андрей Вадимович, 1972 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Lived in Khabarovsk, then in Moscow, lawyer. On 18 November 2019, he was detained in Khabarovsk and sent to Moscow and sent to custody the next day in the case of contract killings in 2004 and 2005. Karepov later reported that he was pressured to testify against the former governor of Khabarovsk Krai Sergey Furgal, whom the investigation considered the organiser of the murders. On 10 February 2023, Karepov was sentenced to 21 years in a strict regime penal colony on charges of murder and attempted murder by an organised group for hire. He was also accused of weapons possession, but was released from punishment on this charge due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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