Igor Shishkin
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
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
Full wording of the charges
Participation in the terrorist community "Network"
Latest event
July 23, 2021 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 15, 2019
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, December 8, 2018
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Yaroslavl Oblast
· Persecution begins
The Igor Shishkin case
Criminal case
The Igor Shishkin case
Thematic group: The "Network" case
Details and sources
Full summary
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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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