Oksana Sevastidi
Oksana Sevastidi is listed as imprisoned, but other details in the same record do not agree:
- the end of imprisonment is recorded as February 8, 2017.
Oksana Sevastidi, born 1970, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “The case of Oksana Sevastidi”. Sentence (March 2, 2016): seven years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 6, 2017; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, February 1, 2017.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Sochi · Shop assistants
Sentence
7 years
seven years' imprisonment in a general regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
Full wording of the charges
Between April and July 2008, she collected and, by sending two SMS messages, transmitted to a Georgian police officer, Timur Buskadze, information on the redeployment of the Russian Armed Forces that constituted a State secret
Latest event
March 12, 2017 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, February 6, 2017
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, February 1, 2017
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnodar Krai
· Persecution begins
The case of Oksana Sevastidi
Criminal case
The case of Oksana Sevastidi
Details and sources
Full summary
Arrested on 15 January 2015. She was forced to write a confession by deceit. On 3 March 2016, she was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony on charges of state treason for sending information about the redeployment of the Russian Armed Forces to Timur Buskadze, a Georgian police officer. The defence lawyer was late in filing an appeal.
In December, the lawyers of "Team-29" filed an application to restore the deadlines for the appeal. The Krasnodar Regional Court refused to restore the deadlines.
Pardoned on 7 March 2017, released on 12 March.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of detention
- Pre-trial detention centre No. 2, Moscow
Other people prosecuted under Article 275, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.