Pavel Ustinov
Pavel Ustinov, born 1995, Moscow. Charges: Article 318 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Use of dangerous violence against a government official); Article 318 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Use of dangerous violence against a government official (by organized group)); “The case of 3 August”. Sentenced on September 30, 2019. Status: at large. Recognition: Amnesty International — recognised as a prisoner of conscience, September 15, 2019; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion, August 26, 2019.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Artists · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
1 year
Suspended prison sentence
First instance, September 15, 2019: 3 years 6 months
Charges
- Article 318 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Use of dangerous violence against a government official
- Article 318 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Use of dangerous violence against a government official (by organized group)
Full wording of the charges
According to the version of the investigation, at the action on 3 August 2019, dislocated the shoulder of an officer of the Rosgvardiya during the detention.
Latest event
September 16, 2021 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a prisoner of conscience — Amnesty International, September 15, 2019
- Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, August 26, 2019
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 21, 2019
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 1 year
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months
· Recognised as a prisoner of conscience
Amnesty International
· Recognised as unlawfully deprived of liberty for exercising freedom of religion
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The case of 3 August
Criminal case
The case of 3 August
- Case number
- 01-0314/2019
Thematic group: Moscow case
Details and sources
Full summary
Detained on 3 August 2019 during the dispersal of a rally for fair elections. On 4 August, it became known that Ustinov was prosecuted for the use of violence against a representative of the authorities – one of the Rosgvardiya fighters suffered a dislocated shoulder during the detention of Ustinov. On 5 August, the court ordered to place him in custody. On 16 September, the court sentenced Ustinov to three and a half years in a general regime colony.
The case attracted the attention of the general public. On 20 September, at the request of the prosecutor's office, which had previously asked to sentence Ustinov to six years in a penal colony, the court released him on his own recognizance.
On 30 September, the court of appeal instance sentenced Ustinov to one year of suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 318 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.