Anti-fascist Alexander Kolchenko was transferred to a punishment cell for 10 days

The anti-fascist Alexander Kolchenko, accused in the "case of the Crimean terrorists", was placed in a punishment cell of correctional colony No. 6 of the Chelyabinsk region for 10 days. about it Writes "Crimea. Realii” with reference to human rights activist Tatyana Shchur.

“There is quite fresh news - on December 25 he had our lawyer, he visits regularly, once or twice a month. Like, everything was fine. Sasha conveyed his regards and gratitude to everyone for their support. He said that he regularly goes to the gym for an hour a day, everything seems to be in order. This morning we received a message that Kolchenko is being locked up in a ShIZO for 10 days under some formal pretext,” the human rights activist said.

According to Shchur, the transfer of Kolchenko to the ShIZO may be associated with the strengthening of the regime in the colonies during the holidays. “Unfortunately, we have such rules in prisons, in colonies, in connection with the holidays there is a so-called strengthening of the regime. And all convicts with "heavy" articles are removed from the zone for preventive purposes. These are the demands of the regime,” Shchur explained.

• On August 25, 2015, director Oleg Sentsov and activist Alexander Kolchenko, who lived in Crimea, were sentenced to 20 and 10 years in a strict regime colony, respectively.
• Kolchenko was accused of committing a terrorist act (this is how the investigation qualified the arson of the door of the United Russia office in Simferopol), preparing a terrorist attack and participating in a terrorist community, which, according to the investigation, was headed by Sentsov.
• A number of human rights organizations consider Sentsov and Kolchenko political prisoners, pointing to the fact that the investigation was conducted with serious violations, and most of the evidence that formed the basis of the verdict was obtained by Russian security forces through torture.