Gleb Verdiyan
Gleb Verdiyan, born 2001, Moscow. Charges: Article 275 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparation for treason against the state (preparation for a crime)); “Gleb Verdiyan's case of preparation for state treason”. Sentence (September 7, 2023): 6 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony with restriction of liberty for 1 year, fine of 200,000 roubles. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since September 20, 2023; place of detention: Penal colony No. 9, Chuvashia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Students
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony with restriction of liberty for 1 year, fine of 200,000 roubles
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 275 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparation for treason against the state (preparation for a crime)
Full wording of the charges
The details of the charges are unknown.
Latest event
September 7, 2023 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 6 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Persecution begins
Gleb Verdiyan's case of preparation for state treason
Criminal case
Gleb Verdiyan's case of preparation for state treason
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Facility: Penal colony No. 9, Chuvashia
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
429900,Чувашская Республика, г. Цивильск, ул. Северная, д. 13, ФКУ «ИК № 9 УФСИН России по Чувашии», Вердиян Глеб Каренович, 2001 г.р.
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Full summary
Born in Ukraine, he was a second-year student at the Astrakhan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the time of his arrest.
Verdiyan was detained on 28th of October, 2022 for "petty hooliganism". He found himself in a detention centre having just flown to Moscow from Astrakhan, where he lives. The student was going to fly to Istanbul the same day, but he was detained at a bus stop near the Vnukovo airport and arrested for 10 days, allegedly for "using foul language".
On 7th of November, Verdiyan was supposed to be released from the detention centre, but on the same day he was charged with a criminal case of state treason, and the Lefortovo court sent him to a pre-trial detention centre.
On 7th of September, 2023, Verdiyan was sentenced to six years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony.
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- Russia
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