They cast a bullet

Vladimir Balukh in court. Photo: Crimeahrg.org

The judge of the Razdolnensky district court of Crimea Maria Bedritskaya sentenced the Ukrainian activist Vladimir Balukh to three years and seven months in prison in a general regime in a fabricated case of illegal storage of ammunition, Crimea. Reali reports . He was also a fine of 10 thousand rubles.

On Tuesday, Baluh made the last word . He regarded his criminal prosecution as a political order, calling the actual reason for the initiation of the case rejection of the annexation of Crimea.

In the debate of the parties, the prosecutor Korolev demanded for the defendant 5 years 1 month of general regime. Politsek’s lawyers Olga Dinze and Taras Omelchenko, in turn, once again drew attention to a lot of violations during the inquiry in the case. The search was carried out with a mass of violations, the defense emphasized, other versions, except for the guilty guilt, were not worked out, there was no clarity in the conclusions, and threats were received in connection with his beliefs. In addition, lawyers noted, "the court was not interested in establishing the truth and refused almost all petitions that could affect the establishment of this truth."

Baluhu is 46 years old, he is a farmer from the village of Serebryanka of the Razdolnensky district. The activist was detained by FSB operatives on December 8, 2016 following a search in the houses of his mother. From December 12, it is contained under arrest.

Politzeku was charged with part 1 of article 222 (illegal circulation of ammunition) and part 1 of Article 222.1 of the Russian Criminal Code (illegal turnover of explosives). According to in the case, during a search, several dozen cartridges and several TNT checkers were found in his attic. The activist insists that the operatives themselves threw ammunition. Speaking on Monday with testimony in court, Baluh said that he had not risen to the attic of his house since 1997.

In December 2013, in the first weeks of the Revolution of Dignity, Baluh hung a red-black flag of the Ukrainian rebel army over his house. After some time at night, this flag was secretly disrupted, and the farmer replaced it with the national flag of Ukraine. The activist did not recognize the annexation of Crimea and did not apply for Russian citizenship.

In 2015, the Baluha twice took searches. In addition, he was arrested for 15 days according to the fabricated protocol on the disobedience of the police. Then, the case was opened against the activist under Article 319 of the Russian Criminal Code (insulting a representative of the authorities), according to which he was sentenced to 320 hours of compulsory work in June 2016. The verdict was carried out by the same judge Bedritskaya. The activist refused to serve his work, and he was replaced by a 40-day arrest.

On November 29, a week and a half before the detention, Baluh attached a sign on the wall of his house "Wulitz heroes of heavenly, 18". The authorities demanded the sign to remove, threatening the persecution, but the activist ignored the demand.

In conclusion, the health of the Baluha seriously worsened. The politicalese worsened bronchitis, an attack of urolithiasis had occurred and digestive problems began. At the hearing on July 27, the defendant had a hypertensive crisis. Judge Bedritskaya caused an ambulance, and the Baluha under the escort was taken to the hospital. Having made an injection to the patient, the doctors told the convoy that the Politseka could be returned to court, and the hearing resumed. At the end of the same meeting, Baluhu again became bad, but again, Bedritskaya did not call an ambulance.

In addition, in January, Omelchenko’s lawyer reported that the political prisoner was undergoing beatings in the Simferopol SIZO-1 .