Sodik Ortikov
- Criminal Code
- Article 205 part 3, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 205 part 3 item b applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 205 part 3 item b applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 222 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 222.1 part 3, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 223.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 21 years 11 months
- Date of verdict
- 2019-12-08
- Region
- Saint Petersburg
- City
- Saint Petersburg
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Архангельской области»
- Address for letters
- 165651, Архангельская область, г. Коряжма, Магистральное шоссе, 101, ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Архангельской области», Ортиков Содик Зокирович, 1978 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, 25 February 2021
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Case summary
Resident of St. Petersburg. Detained on 6 April 2017 during a search. Ortikov claims that during the search and before interrogation he was beaten and had explosives and ammunition planted on him. He was taken into custody on charges of involvement in the terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro on 3 April 2017. Human rights activists believe to be no grounds for his detention.
On 10 December 2019, he was sentenced to 22 years in a strict regime colony. On 6 August 2021, the court of appeal reduced the term by a month.
Others charged under Article 205 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
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