Igor Shishkin, a defendant in the Network case, was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony

The Moscow District Military Court, at an off-site hearing in St. Petersburg, sentenced Igor Shishkin, a defendant in the Network case, to three and a half years in a general regime colony. A Mediazona correspondent reported this from the courtroom.

reports Shishkin was found guilty of participating in a terrorist community (Part 2 of Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code). His case was considered in a special manner - the defendant admitted his guilt and made a deal with the investigation, so the court did not study the evidence.

“Mediazona” cites an excerpt from Shishkin’s speech at the meeting, which he read from a paper:

I testify about those who fled the territory of the Russian Federation, I am ready and will testify against other accomplices in the “Network” in Penza and. He exposed the guilt of other participants and participated in confrontations. He admitted his guilt and repented.

St. Petersburg The defendant, as the publication reports, told investigators about the role of each member of the Network, the periods of their participation and the places of training.

• The investigation believes that the Network is a terrorist organization, which allegedly has cells in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Penza and Belarus. In total, 11 anarchists and anti-fascists from St. Petersburg and Penza are involved in the case. According to the prosecution, community members were preparing terrorist attacks in Russia in order to raise an armed rebellion.
• The defendants in the Network case talked about psychological pressure, electric shock torture and weapons that FSB officers planted on them. Some of them confessed and gave them under torture. refused to report - Igor Shishkin was detained on January 25, 2018, while he was walking his dog. After this, his apartment was searched at night, and Shishkin himself. On January 27, the court arrested him on suspicion of participation in the Network. Shishkin did not report torture, but members of the Public Monitoring Commission did injure his body. passed missing recorded