Alexey Stogniy
Alexey Stogniy, born 1975, Occupied territory of Sevastopol. Charges: Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition); Article 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage, transportation, shipment or bearing of explosive substances…); Article 223.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal manufacture of explosives); “Alexei Stogniy's case”. Sentence (July 16, 2017): Three years and six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, a fine of one hundred and twenty thousand… Status: at large.
In brief
Occupied territory of Sevastopol · Sevastopol · Former military personnel
Sentence
3 years 6 months
Three years and six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, a fine of one hundred and twenty thousand roubles
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 222 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition
- Article 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage, transportation, shipment or bearing of explosive substances or explosive devices
- Article 223.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal manufacture of explosives
Full wording of the charges
In December 2013, he purchased a "loaded case of a RGD-5 grenade", eight rounds of ammunition and a pistol converted from a traumatic grenade, an explosive substance with a blasting agent and nails; in April 2014, he made an explosive device; he stored the explosives and the device in his shop in Sevastopol; on 15 November 2016, he transported the said ammunition, weapons and an improvised explosive device (IED) to Simferopol by public transport
Latest event
February 19, 2020 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
· Persecution begins
Alexei Stogniy's case
Criminal case
Alexei Stogniy's case
Thematic group: The case of the Sevastopol saboteurs
Details and sources
Full summary
On 15 November 2016, Stogniy was detained. According to the materials of the criminal case, he was detained in Simferopol. The FSB circulated footage in which Stogniy says that he collected information about the Black Sea Fleet, including data on officers who transferred to the Russian military service from the Ukrainian Navy and serve in Crimea. The Russian authorities thus represented Stogniy as a member of a subversive group acting on behalf of Ukrainian intelligence. Stogniy was taken into custody.
However, Stogniy's wife claims from his words that her husband was detained not in Simferopol, but at the checkpoint "Kalanchak", he was going to Kiev for his daughter's birthday.
According to the investigation, Alexey Stogniy started to prepare for subversive activities in Crimea even before the peninsula was ceded to Russia. Allegedly, back in December 2013, he purchased "the shell casing of a RGD-5 grenade", eight rounds of ammunition and a pistol converted from a traumatic gun, an explosive substance with a blasting agent and nails, and in April 2014 he made an explosive device, which he stored together with the rest of the ammunition in his shop in Sevastopol. In November 2016, he allegedly transported all this ammunition and explosives to Simferopol, according to the criminal case file. The reasons for these actions are not explained in the case. Charges of sabotage and working for Ukrainian intelligence Stogniy was never charged. From the video distributed by the FSB, it followed that another Sevastopol businessman, Gleb Shabliy, was engaged in sabotage activities together with Stogniy, but there is no mention of him in Stogniy's case. Stogniy was charged with illegal acquisition, storage and transportation of firearms, ammunition and explosives, as well as illegal manufacture of an explosive device. At the trial he pleaded guilty.
On 18 July 2017, Stogniy was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony and a fine of 120 thousand rubles. He was released on 19 February 2020.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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