Evgeny Panov
Evgeny Panov, born 1977, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 222 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition (by a group, using official positions or the Internet)); Article 226.1 part 3 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal movement across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union or the State border of the…); Article 281 part 2 item a applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Attempted sabotage by an organized group); “The case of Evgeny Panov”. Sentence (July 12, 2018): eight years in a maximum-security penal colony.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Military personnel · Terrorism cases
Sentence
8 years
eight years in a maximum-security penal colony
Upheld October 24, 2018
Charges
- Article 222 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition (by a group, using official positions or the Internet)
- Article 226.1 part 3 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal movement across the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union or the State border of the Russian Federation with the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union of strategically important goods and resources, cultural values, especially valuable wild animals, aquatic biological resources, plants and mushrooms, committed by an organized group
- Article 281 part 2 item a applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Attempted sabotage by an organized group
Full wording of the charges
Participation in the activities of a subversive-terrorist group, storage and transportation of ammunition.
Latest event
September 7, 2019 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
· Persecution begins
The case of Evgeny Panov
Criminal case
The case of Evgeny Panov
Thematic group: The case of the Crimean saboteurs
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Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 2, Moscow
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
111020, г. Москва, Лефортовский вал, д. 5, ФКУ СИЗО-2 ГУФСИН России по г. Москве ("Лефортово"), Панов Евгений Александрович, 1977 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
He was detained by the FSB officers on the night of 7 August 2016 after crossing the border between Crimea and mainland Ukraine. According to the investigation, Panov was supposed to coordinate a subversive-terrorist group, was going to transport its members on the territory of Crimea. Panov reported that he was tortured for several days after his detention, as a result of which he signed all the confession documents and spoke on camera under dictation. Later retracted his confession. On 13 July 2018, he was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony. On 7 September 2019, he was pardoned and released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners for groups of people released by Ukraine, arrived on the territory of Ukraine.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
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