Annik Kesian
Annik Kesian, born 1959, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “The case of Annick Kesian”. Sentence (August 16, 2015): eight years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 30, 2017; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, May 15, 2017.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Sochi · Cooks
Sentence
8 years
eight years' imprisonment in a general regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
Full wording of the charges
From March to May 2008, collected information constituting a State secret on the movement of military equipment and transmitted it by sending two SMSs to an acquaintance of a citizen of Georgia who was serving at the border
Latest event
August 8, 2017 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, May 30, 2017
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, May 15, 2017
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Imprisonment ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai
· Persecution begins
The case of Annick Kesian
Criminal case
The case of Annick Kesian
Details and sources
Full summary
On 26 February 2014 she was detained by FSB officers. At the investigation she signed a confession because she was misled about the legal terminology. In a pre-trial detention centre in Krasnodar, one of the FSB officers hit her in the face and said: "Come on, remember what you know – you don't know!" The investigation prevented Annik Kesian from meeting with her relatives in every possible way, leaving her in complete isolation from the outside world, which prevented her from finding and choosing a qualified defence lawyer and having the case covered in the media. She was charged with treason. On 26 February 2014, she was sentenced to eight years in a penal colony. In March 2017, she was escorted from the colony to Moscow for a review of the case. She was pardoned on 29 July 2017 and released on 8 August.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 275, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.