Vladimir Vlasov
- Criminal Code
- Article 105 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 205 part 3, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 222 part 3, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 223 part 3 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 18 years
- Date of verdict
- 2007-04-09
- Region
- Moscow Oblast
- Address for letters
- 111020, г. Москва, Лефортовский вал, д. 5, ФКУ СИЗО-2 ГУФСИН России по г. Москве ("Лефортово"), Власов Владимир Сергеевич, 1956 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, 16 December 2013
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Case 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.
Others charged under Article 105 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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