Vladimir Lapygin
- Criminal Code
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 7 years
- Date of verdict
- 2016-09-05
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
- Address for letters
- 111020, г. Москва, Лефортовский вал, д. 5, ФКУ СИЗО-2 ГУФСИН России по г. Москве ("Лефортово"), Лапыгин Владимир Иванович, 1940 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, 13 September 2017
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Case summary
On 11 May 2015, searches were conducted in Lapygin's flat and the flats of his children. On 13 May he was placed under house arrest. On 6 September 2016, he was sentenced to seven years in a strict regime colony.
In March 2017, he filed a petition for pardon.
On 11 June 2020, he was released on parole.
Others charged under Article 275, Russian Criminal Code
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