Alexander Kolchenko
Alexander Kolchenko, born 1989, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205 (part unknown) applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparation for a terrorist attack); 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 205.4 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Organisation of a terrorist community and participation in it); “The case of Oleksandr Kolchenko and Oleg Sentsov”. Sentence (August 24, 2015): Ten years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 29, 2016; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, August 2, 2015.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Environmentalists · Terrorism cases
Sentence
10 years
Ten years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld November 23, 2015
Charges
- Article 205 (part unknown) applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparation for a terrorist attack
- 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 205.4 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Organisation of a terrorist community and participation in it
Full wording of the charges
Joined the terrorist community organised by Oleg Sentsov and, on his instructions, took part in the commission of a terrorist act (arson attack on the United Russia office in Simferopol)
Latest event
September 7, 2019 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, February 29, 2016
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 2, 2015
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 10 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Oleksandr Kolchenko and Oleg Sentsov
Criminal case
The case of Oleksandr Kolchenko and Oleg Sentsov
Other defendants in the case
- Oleg Sentsov — Imprisoned, 20 years
Thematic group: The case of Crimean terrorists
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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"), Кольченко Александр Александрович, 1989 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Aleksandr Kolchenko is an anti-fascist activist. On 17 May 2014, he was arrested on suspicion of terrorism. The investigation names him as a participant in the arson attack on the United Russia office in Simferopol, which was considered a terrorist act. Together with him, Oleg Sentsov, a film director and activist of the "Automaidan", whom the investigation believes to be the organiser of the terrorist attacks, is on trial. Two other defendants in the case, Aleksey Chirniy and Gennady Afanasiev, pleaded guilty, entered into an agreement with the investigation and were sentenced to seven years' imprisonment in a high-security penal colony; Afanasiev said at the trial that he had denounced Kolchenko under pressure during the investigation. On 25 August 2015, Kolchenko was sentenced to ten years in a strict regime colony. On 7 September 2019, he was pardoned and released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners for groups of people released by Ukraine, arrived in Ukraine.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Other
Other people prosecuted under Article 205 (part unknown) applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.