Artem Zagrebelny
Artem Zagrebelny, born 1993, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Charges: Article 318 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Use of dangerous violence against a government official); “The case of Artem Zagrebelny”. Sentence (January 18, 2022): 3 years and 10 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, March 15, 2021; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, March 5, 2021.
In brief
Krasnoyarsk Krai · Krasnoyarsk · Manual workers
Sentence
3 years 10 months
3 years and 10 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony
First instance, October 21, 2020: 5 years
Charges
- Article 318 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Use of dangerous violence against a government official
Full wording of the charges
He used pepper spray against FSB officers A.S. Pshenichnikov and A.S. Arkhipov.
Latest event
May 1, 2024 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, March 15, 2021
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, March 5, 2021
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Persecution begins
The case of Artem Zagrebelny
Criminal case
The case of Artem Zagrebelny
Details and sources
Full summary
On 7 November 2019, three plain clothes FSB officers tried to detain Zagrebelny for examination in his flat. Zagrebelny sprayed them with pepper spray. He was detained. On the same day he wrote an admission of guilt, but in December he retracted it. On 22 October 2020, he was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony and taken into custody in the courtroom. On 22 April 2021, the court of appeal reduced the sentence to three years and ten months. Zagrebelny was released in May 2024.
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.