Roman Sushchenko
Roman Sushchenko, born 1969, Moscow. Charges: Article 276, Russian Criminal Code (Transferring, collecting, stealing, or storing information classified as state secret with the…); “Roman Sushchenko case”. Sentence (June 3, 2018): twelve years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Journalists
Sentence
12 years
twelve years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony
Upheld September 11, 2018
Charges
- Article 276, Russian Criminal Code — Transferring, collecting, stealing, or storing information classified as state secret with the intent to transfer to a foreign state, organization, or their representatives.
Full wording of the charges
collected information constituting a state secret on the activities of the Armed Forces and National Guard troops of the Russian Federation, the leakage of which abroad could harm the defence capability of the State
Latest event
September 7, 2019 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Imprisonment ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years
· Persecution begins
Roman Sushchenko case
Criminal case
Roman Sushchenko case
Details and sources
Full summary
On 30 September in autumn 2016, Sushchenko came to Moscow to visit relatives and was detained the same day after someone handed him a hard drive. He was charged with espionage. According to the FSB version, Sushchenko is an employee of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry and collected secret information about the work of the Russian military and Rosgvardia. The Ukrainian State Intelligence Service denied this information, while the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called the case falsified. Sushchenko himself denies the accusations.
The circumstances, essence and details of Sushchenko's case are classified and it is not known exactly what he is accused of.
The administration of the pre-trial detention centre refused to hand over most of Sushchenko's letters to the outside world. According to her, the meeting with his wife took place only after Putin's talks with Poroshenko.
The trial in Sushchenko's case was held behind closed doors. On 4 June 2018, Sushchenko was sentenced to 12 years in a strict regime colony.
On 7 September 2019, Sushchenko was pardoned and released as part of the exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners for a group of people released by Ukraine arrived in Ukraine.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
- Place of detention
- Pre-trial detention centre No. 2, Moscow
Other people prosecuted under Article 276, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.