Andriy Keptya
Andriy Keptya, born 1976, Moscow. Charges: Article 205 item a (part unknown) applied with Article 30 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Preparation or attempt to commit a group terrorist attack); Article 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparation for a terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)); Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “The case of the "hay burners"”. Sentence (March 15, 2022): Five years ten months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since August 25, 2023; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 2, Moscow.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Construction workers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
5 years 10 months
Five years ten months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony
First instance, June 17, 2020: 6 years
Charges
- Article 205 item a (part unknown) applied with Article 30 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Preparation or attempt to commit a group terrorist attack
- Article 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparation for a terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he participated in a terrorist community, took part in the preparation of the arson of hay on Manezhnaya Square, destruction of power lines.
Latest event
August 25, 2023 — imprisonment begins
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of the "hay burners"
Criminal case
The case of the "hay burners"
Thematic group: Cases of the "Maltsev revolution"
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Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 2, Moscow
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
111020, г. Москва, Лефортовский вал, д. 5, ФКУ СИЗО-2 ГУФСИН России по г. Москве ("Лефортово"), Кептя Андрей Владимирович, 1976 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on 12 October 2017. According to police reports, seized bottles with incendiary mixture, with which Korny and his accomplices allegedly planned to set fire to hay, decorations and the remains of construction debris on Manezhnaya Square, which remained there after the city holiday. On the same day he was arrested under the administrative article on petty hooliganism. On 23 October a case on preparation of a terrorist act was opened. On 27 October he was taken into custody as part of the criminal case. Pleaded guilty.
18 June 2020 Sentenced to six years in a strict regime colony. On 10 June 2021 the court of appeal reduced the sentence by two months.
On 25 August 2023, he was released.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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