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Andrei Starkovsky

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Andrei Starkovsky, Arkhangelsk Oblast. Charges: Article 330 part 2, Russian Criminal Code; “Shies defenders' case of arbitrariness”. Sentence (October 19, 2021): 1 year 6 months of suspended prison sentence. Status: at large.

In brief

Arkhangelsk Oblast · Cases related to mass actions

Sentence

1 year 6 months

of suspended prison sentence

Sentence changed October 19, 2021

First instance, June 30, 2020: 1 year

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, in the period from 23 hours 00 minutes on 14 March 2019 to 06 hours 10 minutes on 15 March 2019, together with Denis Drobinin and persons unidentified by the investigation, being on the specified road adjacent to the territory of the railway station <address>, in the area of the 65th quarter of the Urdomsky district forestry of the Yarensky forestry <address>, acting deliberately, in concert, as part of a group of persons, wishing to illegally stop any movement of machinery along this road and committing unlawful acts against the employees of the OOO SeverStroyTrans company, aimed at stopping the movement of a convoy of machinery by damaging the machinery and using physical violence against the employees of OOO SeverStroyTrans who were driving the machinery, he decided to use a mobile two-axle trailer placed across the road at a distance of 100 meters from the exit through the gate from the territory of the railway station <address> towards the Komi Republic, deliberately kept in this position for a long time as an artificial barrier preventing any movement of machinery along this section of the road. Then, in the period from 23 hours 00 minutes on 14 March 2019 to 06 hours 10 minutes on 15 March 2019, together with Denis Drobinin and persons unidentified by the investigation, being on the said road adjacent to the territory of the railway station <address>, in the area of the 65th quarter of the Urdomsky district forestry of the Yarensky forestry <address>, at a distance of about 755 meters from the exit through the gate from the territory of the railway station <address> towards the Komi Republic, acting intentionally, unauthorised, contrary to the procedure established by law for the performance of any actions, the legality of which is disputed, illegally, having appropriated to himself the powers of authority. After the "HITACHI ZX200-3" excavator, licence plate KK 7321 11, had been damaged and could not continue moving, he used physical violence against Alexei Kozlov, at the same time, acting deliberately, jointly, arbitrarily, with the specified purpose, being near the cab of the excavator, grabbed Kozlov by the hands and pulled him out of the cab, at the same time jointly inflicting at least 10 blows on Kozlov's head and body with his hands and feet, at the same time inflicting at least eight blows. Then, acting as part of a group of persons, together with Drobinin and persons unidentified by the investigation, in the period from 23 hours 00 minutes on 14 March 2019 to 06 hours 10 minutes on 15 March 2019, being on the specified road adjacent to the territory of the railway station <address>, in the area of the 65th quarter of the Urdomsky district forestry of the Yarensky forestry <address>, deliberately, unlawfully, unauthorisedly, contrary to the procedure established by law for the performance of any actions, the legality of which is disputed, unlawfully, appropriating to himself the powers of authority, after causing bodily injuries to Kozlov, jointly and unlawfully deprived Kozlov and [the other victim] of their freedom of movement by preventing their free movement, forcibly keeping them outside in freezing weather for at least three hours in a row against their will, humiliating their personal dignity in this way and subjecting them to cruel treatment.

Latest event

October 19, 2021 — appeal

The court changed the sentence to 1 year 6 months.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Appeal ruling

    sentence changed · 1 year 6 months

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 1 year

  3. · Persecution begins

    Shies defenders' case of arbitrariness

Criminal case

Shies defenders' case of arbitrariness

Other defendants in the case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A resident of the Arkhangelsk region, took part in actions against the construction of a landfill at the Shiyes station to import rubbish from Moscow to the region. A self-rule case was brought against him and three other people: they were accused of attacking an excavator at an environmental camp. Their associates said that Kozlov, the victim in the case, "destroyed the activists' caravan with a bucket, injuring [environmentalist] Vladimir Kogut, and then, swinging the bucket from side to side, crowding people, cleared the way for himself." On 30 June 2020, Starkovsky was given a one-year suspended sentence. The cassation court twice returned the case to the appeal court, which then, on 19 October 2021, increased the sentence by six months.

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