Oksana Sevastidi
- Criminal Code
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 7 years
- Date of verdict
- 2016-03-02
- Region
- Krasnodar Krai
- City
- Sochi
- Facility
- ФКУ СИЗО-2 ГУФСИН России по г. Москве ("Лефортово")
- Address for letters
- 111020, г. Москва, Лефортовский вал, д. 5, ФКУ СИЗО-2 ГУФСИН России по г. Москве ("Лефортово"), Севастиди Оксана Валерьевна, 1970 г.р.
Case 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.
Others charged under Article 275, Russian Criminal Code
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