Konstantin Shiring
Konstantin Shiring, born 1960, Moscow. Charges: Article 276, Russian Criminal Code (Transferring, collecting, stealing, or storing information classified as state secret with the…). Sentence (October 14, 2021): 12 years of imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: deceased.
In brief
Moscow, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Entrepreneurs
Sentence
12 years
of imprisonment in a strict regime colony
Upheld January 24, 2022
Charges
- Article 276, Russian Criminal Code — Transferring, collecting, stealing, or storing information classified as state secret with the intent to transfer to a foreign state, organization, or their representatives.
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he was part of a “sabotage and intelligence group” operating on the territory of Crimea, “carried out espionage activities on the instructions of the Ukrainian secret service.”...
Latest event
February 7, 2023 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years
· Persecution begins
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Details and sources
Full summary
He lived in Kiev and was convicted several times in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He worked in agriculture and then ran his own business; in particular, he worked in Crimea.
On 15 April 2020, he was detained together with his wife, Russian military servicewoman Tatyana Kuzmenko. Shiring was charged with espionage, taken into custody and sent to Moscow. On 14 October 2021, a court in Crimea sentenced him to 12 years in a strict regime colony. On 7 February 2023, Shiring died in custody.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 276, Russian Criminal Code
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