Ilya Shakursky
Ilya Shakursky, born 1996, Penza Oblast. Charges: Article 205.4 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Creation of a terrorist community); Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition); Article 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage, transportation, shipment or bearing of explosive substances…); “The "Network" case in Penza”. Sentence (February 9, 2020): 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 50,000 rubles. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 19, 2017; place of detention: Penal colony No. 4, Penza Oblast. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 17, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, December 8, 2019.
In brief
Penza Oblast · Penza · Students · Terrorism cases
Sentence
16 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 50,000 rubles
Upheld April 26, 2021
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Creation of a terrorist community
- Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition
- 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
Participated in the organisation of the Network terrorist community, kept weapons and an improvised explosive device at home
Latest event
December 3, 2025 — imprisonment begins
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 17, 2019
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, December 8, 2019
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 16 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 "Network" case in Penza
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Penza Oblast
Criminal case
The "Network" case in Penza
Other defendants in the case
- Maksim Ivankin — Imprisoned, 13 years
- Vasily Kuksov — Imprisoned, 9 years
- Mikhail Kulkov — Imprisoned, 10 years
- Dmitrii Pchelintsev — Imprisoned, 18 years
- Arman Sagynbayev — At large, 6 years
- Andrey Chernov — Imprisoned, 14 years
Thematic group: The "Network" case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 4, Penza Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
440042, г. Пенза, ул. Молодогвардейская, д. 9., ФКУ «ИК № 4 УФСИН России по Пензенской области», Шакурский Илья Александрович, 1996 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Antifascist Ilya Shakursky was detained in October 2017 in Penza, after which he was accused of participation in a terrorist community and arrested. Shakursky reported being tortured with electric shocks in the basement of the pre-trial detention centre.
On February 10, 2020, he was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony and a fine of 50 thousand rubles.
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