Sergey Ryzhov
Sergey Ryzhov, born 1984, Moscow. Charges: Article 205 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparation for a terrorist attack); Article 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage, transportation, shipment or bearing of explosive substances…); “The case of Sergei Ryzhov”. Sentence (October 18, 2021): 6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Moscow, Saratov Oblast · Moscow, Engels · Unemployed · Terrorism cases, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld February 14, 2022
Charges
- Article 205 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparation for a terrorist attack
- Article 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage, transportation, shipment or bearing of explosive substances or explosive devices
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he was preparing a terrorist attack on 4 and 5 November 2017 and was looking for accomplices for this purpose among activists of the "Artpodgotovka" movement.
Latest event
October 31, 2023 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Saratov Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of Sergei Ryzhov
Criminal case
The case of Sergei Ryzhov
Thematic group: Cases of the "Maltsev revolution"; Saratov's case
Details and sources
Full summary
Sergey Ryzhov is an opposition activist from Saratov, a member of the Party of Free People, supported Vyacheslav Maltsev, but did not consider himself a member of the Artpodgotovka movement. He was detained in Engels on 1 November 2017 together with several other activists in the flat belonging to an acquaintance. During the search a TNT block and five bottles with incendiary mixture were seized. According to Ryzhov himself, these items were not present on the premises before the arrival of law enforcement officers. According to the regional FSS, Ryzhov planned to use these items to seize the regional government building, Teatralnaya Square and the post office. On 3 November, the court decided to place Ryzhov in custody. At the end of November Ryzhov was transferred to Moscow, to the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre. During his stay in the pre-trial detention centre the investigator did not allow him a single visit.
On 19 October 2021, he was sentenced to six years in a strict regime penal colony. On 31 October 2023, he was released.
"In detention, the Saratov resident received a femoral neck fracture and was hospitalised. He underwent surgery only a year and a half after the injury."
"In November 2019, he suffered a femoral neck fracture (according to himself , while doing sports), he did not have surgery until May this year. He is now wheelchair-bound"
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.