Stanislav Klykh
Stanislav Klykh, born 1974, Chechnya. Charges: Article 297 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Insulting participants in the administration of legal proceedings); “Stanislav Klykh's case of insulting a prosecutor”, opened on June 17, 2016. Sentence (November 20, 2016): 240 hours of compulsory labour, to be replaced by one month's imprisonment; previously convicted under Article 105 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code; Article 209 part 2, Russian Criminal Code. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, September 7, 2019; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, July 14, 2015.
In brief
Chechnya · Grozny · Journalists, Teachers
Sentence
240 hours of compulsory labour, to be replaced by one month's imprisonment
No information about an appeal ruling.
Other verdicts
- May 25, 2016 — Twenty years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Charges
- Article 105 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Murder, as an intentional infliction of death to another person
- Article 209 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a gang
- Article 297 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Insulting participants in the administration of legal proceedings
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, during a hearing on the "UNA-UNSO case" Stanislav Klykh insulted prosecutor Salambek Yunuslov.
Latest event
October 20, 2026 — case status changed
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 7, 2019
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, February 16, 2016
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, July 14, 2015
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Criminal case opened
Stanislav Klykh's case of insulting a prosecutor
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 20 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Essentuki IAB TDF, Stavropol Territory
· Persecution begins
UNA-UNSO case
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Stanislav Klykh's case of insulting a prosecutor
Write a letter
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"), Клых Станислав Романович, 1974 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Stanislav Klykh is a Ukrainian journalist, public figure and teacher. Detained in Orel in August 2014. He was accused of participation in hostilities in Chechnya in 1994-1995 on the side of separatists as a member of the Ukrainian militant group UNA-UNSO and of killing Russian servicemen. Another defendant in the case, Alexander Malofeev, testified against him (apparently as a result of torture). For about a year nothing was known about Klykh, he was not allowed to conclude an agreement with a lawyer, and the consul was not allowed to visit him. During this time, he managed to confess to himself and other people involved in the case. He retracted his testimony when a defence lawyer was able to enter into the case under the agreement. He claimed that he gave them through torture. Claimed that he hadn't been in Chechnya and hadn't participated in the activities of UNA-UNSO. In September 2015, the hearing of the case in the Supreme Court of Chechnya began. His aggressive and apathetic behaviour in court caused concern to his lawyer Marina Dubrovina, who was representing him: she demanded to find out what medication he was being given, but was unable to find out anything. In early April 2016, it became known that Klykh had a new case of contempt of court for insulting the prosecutor during the session.
The jury found Klykh guilty but deserving leniency. On 26 May 2016, the court sentenced him to twenty years in a strict regime colony.
In the second case, Klykh was sentenced to 240 hours of compulsory labour, replaced by one month in a penal colony.
On 7 September 2019, Klykh was pardoned and released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners for a group of people released by Ukraine, arrived on the territory of Ukraine.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 105 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.