Dmitry Tsibukovsky
Dmitry Tsibukovsky, born 1993, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)); Article 213 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Organizing hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)); Article 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Vandalism committed by a group of people, or motivated by hatred or animosity); “Dmitry Tsibukovsky and Anastasia Safonova`s case”. Sentence (December 14, 2023): 1 year`s and 11 month`s imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, November 28, 2021.
In brief
Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Manual workers
Sentence
1 year 11 months
1 year`s and 11 month`s imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony
First instance, September 9, 2021: 2 years 6 months
Charges
- Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)
- Article 213 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Organizing hooliganism (group, with weapons, or against a government official)
- Article 214 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Vandalism committed by a group of people, or motivated by hatred or animosity
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he learned about the week of solidarity with repressed anarchists from the "People's Self-Defence" community and saw there a stencil with the slogan "FSB is the main terrorist"; conspired with Anastasia Safonova and Dmitry Semenov, and on the night of 14-15 February 2018, they hung a banner on the fence to disrupt public order, express dislike for society and cause reputational damage to the FSB; the actions were committed with the use of weapons; the day after the action, he edited a video and offered it for publication in the "People's Self-Defence" group.
Latest event
December 19, 2023 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Memorial Human Rights Centre, November 28, 2021
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
sentence changed · 1 year 11 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Region
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Chelyabinsk Region
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Dmitry Tsibukovsky and Anastasia Safonova`s case
Criminal case
Dmitry Tsibukovsky and Anastasia Safonova`s case
- Case number
- 1-1013/2021
Other defendants in the case
- Anastasia Safonova — At large, 1 year 9 months
Thematic group: The case over the "FSB (Federal Security Service) is the main terrorist" banner
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on 19 February 2018 in Chelyabinsk in connection with an action near the local directorate FSB building. Later he said that he was tortured and was forced to confess to organising the action. Became a suspect in a case of hooliganism. In November he was detained in connection with drawings on a transformer booth and a household building; a case of vandalism was opened, but Tsibukovsky was not charged. On 16 April 2020, detained in Tula and sent to Chelyabinsk, where the next day the court ordered him to be placed in custody. On 28 July 2020, transferred to house arrest. On 11 November, a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions was chosen.
10 September 2021 sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime penal colony, taken into custody in the courtroom. In addition to hooliganism, he was also accused of vandalism, but this charge was dropped by the court due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. On 24 November the court of appeal cancelled the verdict, sent the case for a new trial to the court of first instance and replaced the preventive measure with a prohibition of certain actions. On 19 September 2022, he was sentenced to two years in a general regime penal colony. The next day he was detained while trying to cross the Russian-Kazakh border in the Orenburg region. Was taken into custody. Released on 8 February 2023. On 14 December 2023, the court of cassation instance reduced the sentence by one month.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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