Kvachkov sentenced to 13 years in colony

The Moscow City Court found the former Colonel of GRU Vladimir Kvachkov and former captain Alexei Kiselev in the case of an attempt to organize an armed rebellion and the assistance of terrorist activities, RIA Novosti reports. A collegium of three judges sentenced Kvachkov to 13 years in a maximum security colony, and Kiselev - to 11. To a real term, the court added to both of the restriction of freedom.

Both of the convicts will be credited by the terms carried out under arrest, which have been calculated since December 2010. Kvachkov and Kiselev stated that they understand the verdict. The judges left the hall under the screams of the public "Glory to the heroes!" And "Vladimir Vasilievich, hold on!".

On Monday, the state prosecution required 14 years in prison in a maximum security colony. Kvachkov himself said that his movement "The People’s Militia organized partisan exercises, so that" in the event of war we could recapture the enemy "and does not set itself the goal of preparing the rebellion within the country.

For Kiselev, a representative of the prosecution demanded 12 years. The prosecutor also demanded that Kvachkov deprive the title of Colonel, and Kiselev - the title of captain.

"We completed the court investigation in the criminal case against the defendants of Kvachkov and Kiselev, who are accused of preparing for the organization of the armed rebellion. I believe that during the judicial investigation the actual circumstances of the case were confirmed, as well as the fault of the defendants," the prosecutor Alexander Remizov said. According to him, Kvachkov organized a structure, the purpose of which was to seize power in one of the cities of Central Russia, and then in Moscow. The verdict says that the rebellion was supposed to begin on June 24, 2010.

On Tuesday, at the last meeting, the court deprived Kvachkov’s right to perform in the debate, although he left him in the courtroom. Judge Pavel Melekhin made such a decision due to the fact that, in his opinion, Kvachkov repeatedly allowed offensive statements and deviated from the circumstances of the case.

Kvachkov began his speech in the debate with the fact that all accusations are groundless against him, since in Russia there is the right to an uprising, since the classification signs of an uprising are not defined by law. Then Kvachkov began to talk about the special rights of the Russian people, for which the judge made him a remark. In response, the defendant told the Judicial Collegium a discharge.

The process was held closed. Such a decision was made due to the fact that some of the investigation materials were marked “secretly” and constitute a state secret. The only announcement of the sentence was open. The meeting room could not accommodate everyone. Those who stayed in the corridor were so outraged by this that they were barely restrained by bailiffs.