Alexey Sivokhin
Alexey Sivokhin, born 1979, Moscow Oblast. Charges: Article 205 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparation for a terrorist attack); Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Alexey Sivokhin's case”. Sentence (May 31, 2024): 10 years imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; place of detention: Prison, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 26, 2024.
In brief
Moscow Oblast · Former military personnel, Lawyers · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases
Sentence
10 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparation for a terrorist attack
- Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he was going to get "Molotov cocktails" from a cache to use them to set buildings on fire; he participated in the activities of the Right Sector and attracted new supporters.
Latest event
December 26, 2024 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, December 26, 2024
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 10 years
· Persecution begins
Alexey Sivokhin's case
Criminal case
Alexey Sivokhin's case
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Facility: Prison, Krasnoyarsk Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
662606, ул. Горького д. 114 Тюрьма, Красноярский край, г. Минусинск, ФКУ «Тюрьма ГУФСИН России по Красноярскому краю», Сивохин Алексей Сергеевич, 1979 г.р.
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Full summary
Resident of Moscow. Left for Ukraine in 2016, took part in combats on the side of Ukraine, obtained Ukrainian citizenship. In January 2022, he came to Russia and was detained in Solnechnogorsk near Moscow - according to the investigation, he was going to get Molotov cocktails from a cache to set buildings on fire. Initially he was charged with illegal dealing of weapons and explosives and attempted hooliganism, but then the charge was reclassified to participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation (presumably Right Sector) and preparation for a terrorist attack. On 31 May 2024, Sivokhin was sentenced to ten years in a strict regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia, Ukraine
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Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.