Olga Zelenina
Olga Zelenina, born 1957, Penza Oblast. Charges: Article 188 part 2, Russian Criminal Code; Article 210 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 5, Russian Criminal Code (Aiding participation in a criminal community (criminal organization)); Article 286 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Abuse of authority); “The case of Olga Zelenina”. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, December 8, 2013; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, January 31, 2013.
In brief
Penza Oblast · Scientists
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 188 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Article 210 part 2 applied with Article 33 part 5, Russian Criminal Code — Aiding participation in a criminal community (criminal organization).
- Article 286 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Abuse of authority
Full wording of the charges
In 2011, issued a statement on behalf of the Penza Research Institute of Agriculture (at the request of Sergey Shilov, a businessman on trial for alleged drug smuggling) that a batch of 42 tonnes of edible poppy imported through Bryansk customs did not contain deliberately introduced narcotic impurities and that it was impossible to mechanically clean the seeds of this type of contamination. She exceeded her official powers by preparing an opinion of a biologist at the request of a lawyer.
Latest event
December 20, 2018 — persecution ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, December 8, 2013
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Memorial Human Rights Centre, January 31, 2013
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
The case of Olga Zelenina
Criminal case
The case of Olga Zelenina
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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
109383, г. Москва, ул. Шоссейная, д. 92, ФКУ СИЗО-6 ГУФСИН России по г. Москве ("Печатники"), Зеленина Ольга Николаевна, 1957 г.р.
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Full summary
Zelenina was detained in her flat by Federal Drug Control Service officers who came from Moscow and brought her back with them. There it became known that she had become one of the defendants in a criminal case for allegedly smuggling drugs under the guise of poppies in 2010, due to the conclusion that the batch of edible poppies did not contain deliberately introduced narcotic impurities and that the seeds could not be mechanically cleaned of this type of impurity. On 17 August 2012, her detention was extended by 72 hours for complicity in attempted smuggling of narcotic drugs by an organised group, even though the article on smuggling lapsed in back in December of 2011 and smuggling of narcotic drugs constituted a different article.
On 24 August, a charge of illegal production, sale or forwarding of narcotic drugs committed by an organised group was brought against Zelenina. A preventive measure in the form of arrest was cancelled by the Moscow City Court on 24 September 2012, and a new charge of abuse of power was brought for the same poppy episode and a preventive measure was chosen in the form of personal recognisance and proper conduct.
Later another criminal case of abuse of power was initiated for preparing an expert biologist's opinion on a lawyer's request. On 24 November 2013, finalised charges of abuse of power and participation in a criminal association in the form of aiding and abetting were brought against Zelenina. On January 27, 2015, the case was returned to the prosecutor's office, and on June 1, 2016, it went back to trial. On December 20, 2018, jury acquitted Zelenina.
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