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Igor Shishkin

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Igor Shishkin, born 1991, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “The Igor Shishkin case”. Sentence (January 16, 2019): Three years and six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 15, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, December 8, 2018.

In brief

Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Entrepreneurs · Terrorism cases

Sentence

3 years 6 months

Three years and six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony

Verdict January 16, 2019

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

Participation in the terrorist community "Network"

Latest event

July 23, 2021 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Persecution ends

  3. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  4. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  5. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months

  6. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

Criminal case

The Igor Shishkin case

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: The "Network" case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Igor Shishkin was detained on 25 January when he was walking his dog. After that, his flat was searched at night, and Shishkin himself disappeared. The detainee's wife was taken for questioning to the FSB. She was asked about the "Network" and 5.11, as well as clarified whether she shares anarchist views and knows certain people by nicknames. After that, the wife was released. On 27 January Dzerzhinskiy District Court arrested Shishkin until March 23. On 8 February, it became known that he filed a petition for a pre-trial agreement on cooperation with the investigation. Shishkin did not report torture, however, the local OMK recorded numerous injuries and burns on the body of the young man. Shishkin himself says that he received injuries at a training session. Commission members say that Shishkin "asked permission from the staff for each of his actions" and asked the commission participants not to do anything that could cause dissatisfaction of the staff.

On 17 January 2019, Shishkin was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony. At the trial, he announced that he had confessed to his co-defendants and was ready to continue giving them.

On 23 July 2021, he went free.

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