Gleb Shabliy
Gleb Shabliy, born 1975, Occupied territory of Sevastopol. Charges: Article 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage, transportation, shipment or bearing of explosive substances…); Article 223.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal manufacture of explosives); “The case of Gleb Shablia”. Sentence (March 19, 2018): To exclude from the operative part the indication on assignment of additional punishment in the form of a fine.nIn the… Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, December 20, 2018; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, July 22, 2018.
In brief
Occupied territory of Sevastopol · Sevastopol · Scientists
Sentence
5 years
To exclude from the operative part the indication on assignment of additional punishment in the form of a fine.nIn the rest the sentence of the Gagarin District Court shall remain unchanged
First instance, October 22, 2017: 5 years
Charges
- Article 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage, transportation, shipment or bearing of explosive substances or explosive devices
- Article 223.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal manufacture of explosives
Full wording of the charges
Illegally acquired, stored and transported explosives, manufactured an explosive device
Latest event
March 5, 2021 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, December 20, 2018
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, July 22, 2018
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 5 years
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
· Persecution begins
The case of Gleb Shablia
Criminal case
The case of Gleb Shablia
Thematic group: The case of the Sevastopol saboteurs
Details and sources
Full summary
On November 15 2016, Shabliy was detained in Simferopol. The FSB circulated a footage in which Shabliy said that he was carrying out an assignment of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. The Russian authorities thus presented Shabliy as a member of a sabotage group acting on the assignment of Ukrainian intelligence. Shabliy was taken into custody. Later in court, Shabliy said that after his detention he was beaten by tying his legs with duct tape.
However, Shabliy was never charged with sabotage and working for Ukrainian intelligence. Instead, he was charged with illegal manufacture of explosives and acquisition, storage and transport of explosives.
On October 23 2017, he was sentenced to five years of general regime and a fine of 120,000 rubles. On March 20 2018, the appeal instance ruled to exclude the fine from the punishment.
Later Shabliy was transferred to a colony in Ufa. In November 2018, it became known that Shabliy was taken from the colony to the pre-trial detention centre to participate in a meeting on the appeal of the prosecutor's office against the sentence. After the meeting, he was transferred to the pre-trial detention centre in Omsk.
He was released on March 5 2021.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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