Ruslan Kostylenkov
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 6 years 9 months
- Date of verdict
- 2020-08-05
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
- Facility
- ФКУ СИЗО-3 ГУФСИН России по г. Москве ("Пресня")
- Address for letters
- 123308, г. Москва, 1-й Силикатный проезд, д. 11, к. 1, ФКУ СИЗО-3 ГУФСИН России по г. Москве ("Пресня"), Костыленков Руслан Дмитриевич, 1993 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, 27 September 2018
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Case summary
Ruslan Kostylenkov was detained on 15 March 2018. According to him, after the search, he was beaten and tortured with a bag and forced to incriminate himself on camera. The next day Kostylenkov was arrested.
On 6 August 2020, he was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony. On 12 January 2021, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by three months.
Kostylenkov was released on 13 July 2023.
Others charged under Article 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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