Siberian scientists, students and teachers demanded to revise the verdict in the case of "Network"

Teachers and students of Siberian universities, teachers and researchers signed open letters in support of the defendants in the case of the “network”. They demanded a revision of sentences and investigation of applications for the torture of the accused.

Open letters demanding a revision of sentences in the case of the Network were published by Russian scientists, teachers, students and university teachers.

“Unlike those invented“ terrorist attacks ”that the convicts allegedly“ planned to plan ”, the decision on the“ network ”case is a real act of terror, which strikes a cruel blow on the basics of Russian statehood,” the statement of scientists said.

Studentssaid that the “Network” case returns us to the darkest pages of the history of our country, when innocent people were condemned into decades of camps only on the basis of torture and denunciations. ” Teachers considered that “the court is used to intimidate its own people,” and “the cruel and unlawful sentence contradicts the humanistic principles that we are guided in the education of the younger generation of future citizens of Russia.”

“Teenagers experience severe stress from the inconsistency of our words what is happening outside the walls of schools. Thus, from the school bench they get used to nothing and do not believe anyone, losing the moral support in the society of total lies, violence and hypocrisy, ”the teachers said.

Among the signatories were the inhabitants of the Siberian regions. Employees of the institutes of the SB RAS, Novosibirsk and Tomsk State Universities, the Siberian Federal University and other universities advocated a revision.

Among the students were students of the Novosibirsk State Technical University, the Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Administration and the Tomsk Pedagogical University.

Teachers from Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Omsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Chita and Ulan-Ude signed up in support of the defendants in the case of the Network.

In addition, bookstores from nine cities of Russia closed for a day in support of the defendants in the case. Among them was the Krasnoyarsk "Bacern". “We cannot keep silent. Both as citizens and as professionals we are worried about the fate of our country, the culture that we serve, ”said the appeal.

Earlier in Novosibirsk and Omsk, pickets were held to revise the sentences in the “Network” case. Participants in the action announced the factory of the case, wrote Taiga.info.

The FSB opened the case of the “Terrorist Community“ Network ”” (included in the list of terrorist organizations and is prohibited in Russia) in October 2017. Yegor Zorin, Ilya Shakursky, Vasily Kuksov, Dmitry Ptzelintsev, Andrei Chernov, Maxim Ivankin, Mikhail Kulkov, Viktor Filinkov, Igor Shishkin, Julia Boyarshinov and Novosibirsk, Arman Sagynbaev, were accused of creating an underground organization, which planned to “swing the masses for further destabilization The situation in the country ”during the presidential election and the World Cup. The FSB included the "Network" in the list of terrorist organizations.

Five defendants said that the FSB officers beat them and tortured them. SK refused to initiate the case of unlawful actions of law enforcement agencies. (Detailed descriptions of torture published Mediazona, for example, here and here ).

On February 10, the Volga District Military Court sentenced Dmitry Pchelintsev to the age of 18, Ilya Shakurskgo - to 16, Andrei Chernov - to 14, Maxim Ivankin - to 13 and Mikhail Kulkov - to 10 years in a strict regime colony. Vasily Kuksov was given for nine years, Arman Sangynbaeva - six years of colony of general regime.

Earlier, Igor Shishkin received 3.5 years. He did not declare torture, but the doctors diagnosed him with a fracture of the lower wall of the eye socket, numerous hematomas and abrasions, and the members of the PMC visited him in a pre -trial detention center recorded numerous traces similar to burns from electric wires. The case against Yegor Zorin was terminated - he testified to other defendants.

The cases of Filinkov and Boyarshinov continue to consider the Moscow District Military Court at visiting meetings in St. Petersburg.