Nikolai Petrovsky
- Criminal Code
- Article 276, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 16 years
- Date of verdict
- 2023-09-27
- Region
- Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea
- City
- Simferopol
- Facility
- ФКУ СИЗО-2 УФСИН России по Республике Крым и г. Севастополю
- Address for letters
- 295051, Республика Крым, г. Симферополь, пер. Элеваторный, д. 4, ФКУ СИЗО-2 УФСИН России по Республике Крым и г. Севастополю, Петровский Николай Николаевич, 1993 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 4 May 2026
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Case summary
He lived in Kherson. According to the investigation, after the city was occupied by Russian troops, he passed data on their deployment to the Security Service of Ukraine. On 27 March 2022, he was detained. Later he reported that he was beaten while in the military commandant's office in Kherson. For the next six months, his relatives knew nothing about Petrovsky's whereabouts, and in October 2022, an appointed lawyer informed the family that he was in Simferopol's pre-trial detention facility No. 2. On 27 September 2023, Petrovsky was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony.
Others charged under Article 276, Russian Criminal Code
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