Ivan Yatskin
Ivan Yatskin, born 1978, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “Ivan Yatskin's treason case”. Sentence (May 21, 2021): 11 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 1, 2016; place of detention: Penal colony No. 5, Kemerovo Oblast.
In brief
Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Simferopol
Sentence
11 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld June 14, 2022
Charges
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, being in Simferopol from 14 February to 30 March 2016, on the instructions of the SBU he communicated with his acquaintances, who were law enforcement officers, "collecting personal data of employees of the Operational Search Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Crimea". During his stay on the territory of Ukraine from April to July 2016, he 'passed these data, which constituted state secrets, to them, "both through the Internet and during personal meetings with SBU officers."
Latest event
June 14, 2022 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 11 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
· Persecution begins
Ivan Yatskin's treason case
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Ivan Yatskin's treason case
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Facility: Penal colony No. 5, Kemerovo Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
650004, Кемеровская область, г. Кемерово, ул. Буденного, 33, ФКУ «ИК № 5 ГУФСИН России по Кемеровской области», Яцкин Иван Григорьевич, 1978 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Crimea. After the annexation, went to Ukraine, where he took part in the collection of aid for the Ukrainian army and, possibly, in the ATO fighting in Donbas. Participated in the blockade of Crimea. Detained in Crimea in 2016 in a case of high treason, taken into custody, he was transferred to Moscow. The official report on the detention appeared more than two months later. Throughout this period Yatskin was in isolation, only after the appearance of information about the criminal case he had a lawyer under the agreement. The lawyer was given a non-disclosure undertaking. The lawyer claims that in detention Yatskin was threatened with trouble against the family. In January 2021, it was learned that three months earlier, Yatskin had suffered some sort of injury in prison (allegedly falling in his cell), possibly fractured ribs, and had not received medical attention. On 28 January 2021, the house of Yatskin's wife's parents was searched for drugs. On 21 May 2021, Yatskin was sentenced to 11 years in prison.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia, Ukraine
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