Oleg Safonov
Oleg Safonov, born 1998, Sakhalin Oblast. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); Article 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage, transportation, shipment or bearing of explosive substances…); “Oleg Safonov's case”. Sentence (November 23, 2021): 2 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Sakhalin Oblast · Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk · Terrorism cases
Sentence
2 years 6 months
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
- 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
Member of a strike club. Accused of participation in a terrorist organisation called S.T.C.N. ("Sakhalin Tactical Club of Nationalists").
Latest event
October 1, 2022 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Oleg Safonov's case
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Oleg Safonov's case
Thematic group: The case of a terrorist community in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Details and sources
Full summary
He lived in Sakhalin and was a member of a strikeball club. In April 2020, he was detained and taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of a terrorist community. During the search, a certain tube with wires was seized from him. The same tubes were found during the search of the other people prosecuted in the case, Alexander Kozin and Arseniy Lesnoy, but law enforcers were handling them carelessly and an explosion technician saying it was a safe device. Safonov apparently pleaded guilty and gave the necessary testimony. His case was tried separately from that of Kozin and Lesnoy. On 23 November 2021, he was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime penal colony. Presumably, Safonov was released in October 2022.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.