Vadim Ostanin
Vadim Ostanin, born 1976, Altai Krai. Charges: Article 239 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an non-profit organisation persuading citizens to commit illegal…); Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in an extremist community); “Vadim Ostanin's case of extremist community”. Sentence (July 24, 2023): 9 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: not in Russia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 12, 2022.
In brief
Altai Krai, Moscow · Barnaul, Moscow · Politicians · Extremism cases, Cases against Navalny/ACF supporters, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
9 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld September 29, 2023
Charges
- Article 239 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an non-profit organisation persuading citizens to commit illegal acts or propaganda of such actions
- Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in an extremist community
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he was a member of an extremist community, within the framework of which he held "uncoordinated public events, during which calls for extremist and terrorist activities were made, unlawful actions were committed, resulting in the violation of human and civil rights and freedoms, and harm to public order and public safety".
Latest event
August 1, 2024 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, September 12, 2022
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Imprisonment ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 9 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Vadim Ostanin's case of extremist community
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
Criminal case
Vadim Ostanin's case of extremist community
Thematic group: The case of the extremist community led by Navalny
Details and sources
Full 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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of detention
- Pre-trial detention centre No. 2, Moscow
Other people prosecuted under Article 239 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.