Viktor Kudryavtsev
Viktor Kudryavtsev, born 1943, Moscow. Charges: Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “The case of Viktor Kudryavtsev”. Status: deceased. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, July 14, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, July 8, 2019.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Scientists
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
Full wording of the charges
Reports sent in 2013 to the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics contained classified data on hypersonic technology for the Avangard and Kinzhal missile systems.
Latest event
September 27, 2019 — preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, July 14, 2019
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, July 8, 2019
Timeline
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The case of Viktor Kudryavtsev
Criminal case
The case of Viktor Kudryavtsev
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained and taken into custody on 20 July 2018. The charge of high treason was brought with the participation of the state defence lawyer, who knew that the scientist had lawyers under the agreement, but prevented them from participating in the investigative actions.
According to the defense, the investigation offered Viktor Kudryavtsev to plead guilty to high treason and testify against his student, promising transfer under house arrest, but the scientist did not agree.
Kudryavtsev has diabetes mellitus, hypertension, angina pectoris, atherosclerosis of the arteries of the lower limbs, cardiac renal failure, chronic thyroiditis, consequences of myocardial infarction, and many other diseases. In response to the lawyers' complaint, the ECHR demanded that the Russian authorities take urgent actions regarding Viktor Kudryavtsev - provide him with appropriate medical care and send him to a civilian hospital not connected with the penitentiary system for examination and treatment. However, Kudryavtsev was sent to the detention ward of the 20th City Hospital in Moscow, from where he was returned to the pre-trial detention center.
On 27 September 2019, he was released on his recognizance not to leave. Lawyers sought the suspension of the case due to Kudryavtsev's physical condition. Died on 29 April 2021.
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.