Denis Muryga
Denis Muryga, born 1984, Rostov Oblast. Charges: Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code (Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes); Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the…); “Denis Muryga's case”. Sentence (June 19, 2023): 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 31, 2022. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, October 23, 2024.
In brief
Rostov Oblast · Rostov-on-Don · Former officials · Terrorism cases
Sentence
16 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld April 23, 2024
Charges
- Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code — Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes
- Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the territory of a foreign state
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, from January to March 2015, he participated in an illegal armed formation.
Latest event
October 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, October 23, 2024
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 16 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Denis Muryga's case
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Denis Muryga's case
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Full summary
Resident of the Luhansk region of Ukraine. In the past, he was an assistant to the mayor of the town of Rubizhne. On 31 March 2022, he was detained in Rostov region. He was fined 2,000 rubles under the administrative article on violation of border crossing rules and arrested for 12 days under the administrative article on petty hooliganism. As Muryga later recounted, at the end of his arrest, they detained him, put a bag over his head and took him to Rostov-on-Don. On 18 May 2022, the court sent Muryga to custody under the article on illegal armed formation and training for terrorist activities. At the same time, a video was circulated in which Muryga says that while serving in the Aidar battalion, he participated in the bombing of a bridge in the Luhansk region. On 20 June 2023, he was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia, Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.