Dmitrii Zimin
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 275 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime), Restriction of liberty
- Sentence
- 8 years
- Date of verdict
- 2024-11-01
- Region
- Buryatia
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 17 February 2025
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Case summary
A resident of Buryatia, a student. No later than June 2023, he was detained on a train. A case was opened against him for preparation for high treason and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. According to the investigation, he intended to fight on the Ukrainian side as a member of the Freedom to Russia Legion. On 1 November 2024, Zimin was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony.
In June 2025, Zimin wrote in a letter that a case of public glorification of terrorism had been initiated against him because of a certain statement in the pre-trial detention centre, with a positive assessment of an organization that is recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia. On 4 July, he was sentenced on charges of this case, receiving eight and a half years in a strict regime colony in conjunction with the punishment under the first sentence.
Others charged under Article 205.5 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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