Stanislav Zimovets
Stanislav Zimovets, born 1985, Moscow. Charges: Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “The case of Stanislav Zimovets on the use of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally "Antidimon" on 26 March 2017”. Sentence (July 19, 2017): Two years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, August 16, 2017; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, August 12, 2017.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Former military personnel · Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
2 years 6 months
Two years six months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
Upheld September 24, 2017
Charges
- Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, a participant of the Moscow action on 26 March 2017 threw a brick fragment at a Rosgvardiya employee.
Latest event
April 2, 2021 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, August 16, 2017
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 12, 2017
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Persecution begins
The case of Stanislav Zimovets on the use of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally "Antidimon" on 26 March 2017
Criminal case
The case of Stanislav Zimovets on the use of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally "Antidimon" on 26 March 2017
- Case number
- 01-0180/2017
Thematic group: The case of 26 March; The case of violence against police officers at the anti-corruption rally "Antidimon" on 26 March 2017
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 12, Volgograd Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
404103, Волгоградская область, г. Волжский, ул. Александрова, 86, ФКУ "ИК № 12 УФСИН России по Волгоградской области", Зимовец Станислав Сергеевич, 1985 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Stanislav Zimovets is a nationalist, participant in an anti-corruption rally on 26 March 2017 in Moscow. Accused of using violence against a police officer: according to the investigation, he threw a brick at a Rosgvardiya fighter, then "changed his clothes for the purpose of conspiracy" and, taking out a traumatic pistol, "provoked those present to illegal actions". He is being held in the pre-trial detention centre, for some unknown reason he was placed in a block for those accused of crimes punishable by life imprisonment. Under pressure, he pleaded guilty and agreed to a special trial, but then refused to do so.
On 20 July 2017, he was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony.
He was released on 23 July 2019.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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