Ilya Kutsev
Ilya Kutsev, born 1993, Bryansk Oblast. Charges: Article 208 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Attempt to participate in an illegal armed formation); “Case of Ilya Kutsev on participation in the activities of an illegal armed group”. Sentence (January 13, 2023): 7 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year 6 months' restriction on freedom. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 21, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 21, Arkhangelsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 23, 2024.
In brief
Bryansk Oblast · Bryansk
Sentence
7 years
deprivation of liberty in a strict regime penal colony, 1 year 6 months' restriction on freedom
Upheld March 21, 2023
Charges
- Article 208 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Attempt to participate in an illegal armed formation.
Full wording of the charges
According to the version of the investigation, he travelled to Minsk by train together with his brother to enter Ukraine and fight there against the Russian army in the legion "Freedom of Russia", but the brother returned home, as he had no right to leave Russia because of debts on alimony.
Latest event
December 23, 2024 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, December 23, 2024
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Case of Ilya Kutsev on participation in the activities of an illegal armed group
Criminal case
Case of Ilya Kutsev on participation in the activities of an illegal armed group
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 21, Arkhangelsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
164268, Архангельская обл., Плесецкий р-н, п. Североонежск, 2 микрорайон, д. 10, ФКУ «ИК № 21 УФСИН России по Архангельской области», Куцев Илья Владимирович, 1993 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Житель Брянской области. Его задержали 9 мая 2022 года, когда он ехал в Беларусь: сначала его не пустили из-за долгов по алиментам, но он попытался продолжить путь. После этого против него возбудили дело о покушении на участие в деятельности незаконного вооруженного формирования: по версии следствия, он намеревался вступить в легион "Свобода России". 13 января 2023 года Куцева приговорили к семи годам колонии строгого режима.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 208 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.