Pavel Rebrovsky
Pavel Rebrovsky, born 1986, Moscow. Charges: Article 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Creation and leadership of an extremist community); “The case of Pavel Rebrovsky”. Sentence (April 28, 2019): 2,5 years in a general regime penal colony with restriction of liberty for one year, and compulsory medical measures in… Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, September 27, 2018; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, September 22, 2018.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Musicians · Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years 6 months
2,5 years in a general regime penal colony with restriction of liberty for one year, and compulsory medical measures in the form of compulsory observation and treatment by a psychiatrist on an outpatient basis
Upheld October 9, 2023
Charges
- Article 282.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Creation and leadership of an extremist community
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, the defendants' goal was to overthrow the constitutional order and establish a provisional government. The defense argues that the charges are based on the testimony of a law enforcement officer, who was embedded in the group as part of operational activities. The defendants were charged with creation and participation in an extremist community.
Latest event
October 9, 2023 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, September 27, 2018
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, September 22, 2018
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
The case of Pavel Rebrovsky
Criminal case
The case of Pavel Rebrovsky
Thematic group: The case of the "New Greatness"
Details and sources
Full summary
Rebrovsky was detained on 15 March 2018 and placed under house arrest the next day. He pleaded guilty, agreed to the consideration of the case under special procedure. Rebrovsky was sent for psychiatric examination in a specialised hospital. In April 2019, it became known that Rebrovsky had entered into an agreement with the investigation. He was released on his own recognisance.
On 29 April 2019, the court sentenced Rebrovsky to two and a half years' imprisonment and one year of restrictions on freedom with compulsory psychiatric treatment on an outpatient basis. He was found guilty only of organising the activities of an extremist organisation.
On 8 July, at the hearing on the case of other defendants in the "New Greatness" case, Rebrovsky stated that he had confessed under pressure and retracted his confession, stressing that the group members had not prepared any arson or attacks.
On 8 October, Moscow City Court cancelled Rebrovsky's conviction and sent the case for a new trial, after which Rebrovsky was released on his own recognizance.
On 29 October 2020, Rebrovsky was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony. In December, it became known that he had been sent to a colony before the sentence came into force. No earlier than November 2021, he was sent to a psychiatric hospital for several months, and in April 2022, he was returned to the colony. On 28 July, the cassation court reduced Rebrovsky's sentence by a year.
Rebrovsky was released on 29 September 2023.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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