Oleg Sentsov
Oleg Sentsov, born 1976, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 205 (part unknown) applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparation for a terrorist attack); Article 205 item a (part unknown) applied with Article 30 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Preparation or attempt to commit a group terrorist attack); Article 205.4 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Organisation of a terrorist community and participation in it); “The case of Oleksandr Kolchenko and Oleg Sentsov”. Sentence (August 24, 2015): 20 years in a high-security penal colony. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, August 24, 2015; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, August 2, 2015.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Military personnel, Artists · Terrorism cases
Sentence
20 years
in a high-security penal colony
Upheld November 23, 2015
Charges
- Article 205 (part unknown) applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparation for a terrorist attack
- Article 205 item a (part unknown) applied with Article 30 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Preparation or attempt to commit a group terrorist attack
- Article 205.4 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Organisation of a terrorist community and participation in it
- Article 222 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition (by a group, using official positions or the Internet)
Full wording of the charges
received instructions from Right Sector to establish a branch of the organisation in Crimea and to commit terrorist acts in order to destabilise the situation and influence the authorities to make a decision on the republic's secession from the Russian Federation; organised a terrorist community, organised the commission of terrorist acts (arson attacks on the offices of the Russian Community of Crimea and United Russia) and preparations for the commission of terrorist acts (blowing up the Eternal Flame and the Lenin monument), and illegally acquired explosive devices
Latest event
January 1, 2019 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, August 24, 2015
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 2, 2015
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Rostov Region
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 20 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Oleksandr Kolchenko and Oleg Sentsov
Criminal case
The case of Oleksandr Kolchenko and Oleg Sentsov
Other defendants in the case
- Alexander Kolchenko — Imprisoned, 10 years
Thematic group: The case of Crimean terrorists
Write a letter
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"), Сенцов Олег Геннадьевич, 1976 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Oleg Sentsov is a film director, an activist of Avtomaidan, a group of motorists who helped the Maidan. On 11 May 2014 he was arrested on suspicion of terrorism. The investigation calls him a member of the Right Sector and the organiser of the terrorist community who committed and prepared terrorist acts in Simferopol: arson attacks on the offices of the "Russian Community" and "United Russia" (the ruling political party in Russia) (committed) and explosions at the Eternal Flame and the monument to Lenin (prepared). Together with him, anti-fascist Aleksandr Kolchenko was put on trial. Two other defendants in the case, Aleksei Chirniy and Gennady Afanasiev, pleaded guilty, entered into an agreement with the investigation and were sentenced to seven years in a high-security penal colony; Afanasiev stated at the trial that he had denounced Sentsov under pressure during the investigation. The defence argues that there is no evidence of Sentsov's involvement in arson and preparation of explosions. Sentsov claimed that he was tortured by Federal Security Service officers. On 25 August 2015 he was sentenced to 20 years in a strict regime colony.
In September 2017 Sentsov was taken away from the colony in Sakha and was transferred to a colony in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. In May 2018 Sentsov went on hunger strike demanding the release of all Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia. In October, Sentsov was forced to end his hunger strike due to the threat of forced feeding. 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
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205 (part unknown) applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.