Vladimir Vlasov
Vladimir Vlasov, born 1956, Moscow Oblast. Charges: Article 105 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Conspiracy to commit murder); Article 205 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Terrorist attack (involving the use of hazardous substances or causing the death of a person)); Article 222 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition (by a group, using official positions or the Internet)); “The Grozny-Moscow train blowup case”. Sentence (April 9, 2007): The court dissolved the jury panel, citing as a reason their communication with the defence. Later, the jury told the… Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 16, 2013.
In brief
Moscow Oblast · Entrepreneurs · Terrorism cases
Sentence
18 years
The court dissolved the jury panel, citing as a reason their communication with the defence. Later, the jury told the journalists they gave the verdict of acquittal by a majority of votes.
Upheld June 18, 2007
Charges
- Article 105 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Conspiracy to commit murder
- Article 205 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Terrorist attack (involving the use of hazardous substances or causing the death of a person)
- Article 222 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Illicit trafficking in firearms or ammunition (by a group, using official positions or the Internet)
- Article 223 part 3 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparation to illegal manufacturing, conversion or repair of firearms, committed by a group of people
Full wording of the charges
Participated in the perpetration of an act of terrorism by prior conspiracy, which had serious consequences in the form of paralyzing transport operations, and in the attempted murder of two or more persons out of ethnic hatred.
Latest event
December 30, 2022 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 16, 2013
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 18 years
· Persecution begins
The Grozny-Moscow train blowup case
Criminal case
The Grozny-Moscow train blowup case
Other defendants in the case
- Mikhail Klevachev — Imprisoned, 19 years
Details and sources
Full summary
Vlasov, a Moscow resident, a chemist by training and a businessman, was accused of blowing up the Grozny-Moscow train (as a result of an accident at the 153rd kilometre of the Paveletskaya railway in June 2005, four carriages of the train derailed, none of the passengers were seriously injured) out of ethnic hatred. In 2006, a jury acquitted him. In March 2007, a newly formed jury found him guilty. On 10 April Vlasov was sentenced to 18 years in a penal colony. On 19 June, the court of second instance upheld the sentence. Presumably, he was released on 30 December 2022.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 105 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.