Nikolay Shiptur
Nikolay Shiptur, born 1978, Occupied territory of Sevastopol. Charges: Article 105 part 2 items b, e applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code; “Case of Nikolay Shiptur”. Sentence (June 16, 2015): 9 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Occupied territory of Sevastopol · Sevastopol
Sentence
9 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
First instance, April 28, 2015: 10 years
Charges
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigators, he fired a Makarov pistol at a representative of the "Crimean Self-Defence" movement.
Latest event
May 18, 2023 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 9 years
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 10 years
· Persecution begins
Case of Nikolay Shiptur
· 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
Criminal case
Case of Nikolay Shiptur
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine), participant of the 2014 Euromaidan protests in Kyiv. In March 2014, he went to Sevastopol to guard the participants of Taras Shevchenko's 200th anniversary rally. After a scuffle with provocateurs, he was detained and charged with attempted murder and illegal transportation of weapons. In his own words, he wanted to scare them away and fired a pistol into the ground. After being detained, he was beaten with a stun gun. Shiptur was placed in custody. On 28 April 2015, he was sentenced to ten years in a strict regime colony. On 16 June 2015, the appeal court dropped the weapons charge and reduced the sentence by one year. Shiptur was released on 7 March 2023 and sent to a temporary detention centre for foreign citizens. On 18 May, he was released from there.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine