Redvan Suleymanov
Redvan Suleymanov, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 207 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Knowingly false reporting of an impending terrorist act (motivated by hooliganism, targeting social…); “Redvan Suleymanov's case”. Sentence (August 10, 2017): 1 year 8 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol · Construction workers
Sentence
1 year 8 months
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 207 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Knowingly false reporting of an impending terrorist act (motivated by hooliganism, targeting social infrastructure or causing significant damage)
Full wording of the charges
According to the version of the investigation, while at the territory of Simferopol airport, he contacted the police duty unit by phone, and then connested with them a certain person who was at the territory of Ukraine, who reported that several objects at the territory of the Republic of Crimea were mined.
Latest event
January 1, 2018 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year 8 months
· Persecution begins
Redvan Suleymanov's case
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Redvan Suleymanov's case
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Ukraine. He worked as a security guard in SIZO No. 1 in Crimea, served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, resigned in 2014, and worked as a construction worker. In July 2016, he was detained in occupied Crimea, where he came from Zaporizhzhia. He was accused of falsely reporting a bomb threat in Crimea. According to the investigators' version, Suleymanov, while on the territory of the airport in Simferopol, called the police duty station and connected with them a person from the territory of Ukraine, who reported that several objects in the territory of Crimea were mined. According to the defence, Suleymanov was detained with the use of force and apparently pressured to confess. During the investigation, they tried to accuse him of links to the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine and of involvement in sabotage, which Evgenii Panov and Andrey Zakhtey were accused of preparing. Suleymanov was sentenced to a year and eight months in a general regime colony. He was released in the spring of 2018.
Other people prosecuted under Article 207 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.