Vasily Kuksov
Vasily Kuksov, born 1988, Penza Oblast. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition); “The "Network" case in Penza”. Sentence (February 9, 2020): 9 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 19, 2017; place of detention: Penal colony No. 16, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 17, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, December 8, 2019.
In brief
Penza Oblast · Penza · Engineers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
9 years
imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld April 26, 2021
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
- Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition
Full wording of the charges
participated in the terrorist community "Network", kept a gun at home
Latest event
January 12, 2022 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 17, 2019
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, December 8, 2019
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 9 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The "Network" case in Penza
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Penza Oblast
Criminal case
The "Network" case in Penza
Other defendants in the case
- Maksim Ivankin — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Mikhail Kulkov — Imprisoned, 10 years
- Dmitrii Pchelintsev — Imprisoned, 18 years
- Arman Sagynbayev — At large, 6 years
- Andrey Chernov — Imprisoned, 14 years
- Ilya Shakursky — Imprisoned, 16 years
Thematic group: The "Network" case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 16, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
606246, Нижегородская область, Лысковский район, с. Просек, улица заводская д.50, ФКУ «ИК № 16 ГУФСИН России по Нижегородской области», Куксов Василий Алексеевич, 1988 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
He was detained on 19 October 2017. At the same time, the FSB officers searched his flat and car, where they found a gun. Kuksov claims that the weapon was planted on him. He was accused of participation in the terrorist community "Network" and arrested. Activists and human rights defenders consider this case to be part of a pressure campaign against anarchists.
In detention, Kuksov was infected with an open form of tuberculosis.
On 10 February 2020, he was sentenced to nine years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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