Vadim Ostanin
- Criminal Code
- Article 239 part 3, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Navalny/ACF supportersCases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 9 years
- Date of verdict
- 2023-07-24
- Region
- Altai KraiMoscow
- City
- Barnaul, Moscow
- Facility
- ФКУ СИЗО-2 ГУФСИН России по г. Москве ("Лефортово")
- Address for letters
- 111020, г. Москва, Лефортовский вал, д. 5, ФКУ СИЗО-2 ГУФСИН России по г. Москве ("Лефортово"), Останин Вадим Валерьевич, 1976 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 12 September 2022
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Case summary
On 28 December 2021, Ostanin was home searched. He was issued a measure of restriction in the form of a ban on certain actions in the case of activities of an extremist community and a non-profit organisation infringing on the personality and rights of citizens. In March 2022, he was taken into custody.
At the end of March 2023, Ostanin spoke about the pressure of the investigation and deteriorating health due to the conditions in SIZO-1 in Altai Krai, which he described as torture-like. He was kept for a long time in the punishment cell - a basement with a window covered with rubbish, without hot water or a sleeping place. The cell was once flooded with water, and he had to share it with rats, spiders and ants. In April, Ostanin told his fellow detainees that his medicines, personal hygiene items and books were taken away from him in the pre-trial detention centre. He was repeatedly denied medication, which caused his health to deteriorate.
On 24 July 2023, Ostanin was sentenced to nine years in a general regime colony.
On 1 August 2024, he was released as part of a prisoner exchange between the Russian Federation and other states.
Others charged under Article 239 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
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