Sodik Ortikov
Sodik Ortikov, born 1978, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 205 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Terrorist attack (involving the use of hazardous substances or causing the death of a person)); Article 205 part 3 item b applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparation for committing a terrorist attack resulting in the negligent death of a person); Article 205 part 3 item b applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Attempt to commit a terrorist attack resulting in the death of a person); “The case of April 3 terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro in 2017”. Sentence (December 15, 2022): Twenty-one years and eleven months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 500,000 roubles. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 10, 2019; place of detention: Penal colony No. 5, Arkhangelsk Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 25, 2021; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, January 25, 2021.
In brief
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Sentence
21 years 11 months
Twenty-one years and eleven months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, a fine of 500,000 roubles
First instance, December 8, 2019: 22 years
Charges
- Article 205 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Terrorist attack (involving the use of hazardous substances or causing the death of a person)
- Article 205 part 3 item b applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparation for committing a terrorist attack resulting in the negligent death of a person
- Article 205 part 3 item b applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Attempt to commit a terrorist attack resulting in the death of a person
- 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
- Article 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage, transportation, shipment or bearing of explosive substances or explosive devices
- Article 222.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage, transportation, shipment, or carrying of explosives or explosive devices committed by an organized group of people
- Article 223.1 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Illegal manufacture of explosives
Full wording of the charges
provided means of communication to members of the terrorist community
Latest event
December 15, 2022 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, February 25, 2021
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, January 25, 2021
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 22 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of April 3 terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro in 2017
Criminal case
The case of April 3 terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg metro in 2017
Other defendants in the case
- Shokhista Karimova — Imprisoned, 19 years 11 months
- Azamjon Makhmudov — Imprisoned, 19 years 11 months
- Mahamadyusuf Mirzaalimov — Imprisoned, 19 years 11 months
- Dilmurod Muidinov — Imprisoned, 19 years 11 months
- Sayfilla Hakimov — Imprisoned, 18 years 11 months
- Bakhrom Ergashev — Imprisoned, 18 years 11 months
- Ibrahimjon Ermatov — Imprisoned, 26 years 10 months
- Mukhamadyusup Ermatov — Imprisoned, 27 years 10 months
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Facility: Penal colony No. 5, Arkhangelsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
165651, Архангельская область, г. Коряжма, Магистральное шоссе, 101, ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Архангельской области», Ортиков Содик Зокирович, 1978 г.р.
Details and sources
Full 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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Tajikistan
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