Kuksov, a defendant in the “Network” case, was transferred to a medical correctional facility

Vasily Kuksov, convicted in the Network case, was transferred to medical correctional institution No. 3 in the Nizhny Novgorod region to serve his sentence. This is reported by the Rupression project along with its postal address:

606 707, Nizhny Novgorod region, Krasnobakovsky district, Prudy village, st. Central, no. 22.

PKU Medical and correctional institution No. 3 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

Kuksov Vasily Alekseevich, born in 1988.

Vasily Kuksov fell ill with tuberculosis during the investigation. The court found him guilty of participating in a terrorist community (Part 2 of Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code).

The convict was transferred from pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Nizhny Novgorod.

Earlier it became known in which directions the remaining defendants were transported. There is no information in which direction Arman Sagynbaev was taken. Shortly before his transfer, Sagynbaev’s lawyer reported that FSB officers tried to obtain testimony from his client in the pre-trial detention center about a non-existent terrorist cell in Moscow. A similar situation occurred with Maxim Ivankin.

• A criminal case against the “terrorist community “Network” was opened in October 2017. According to the FSB, 11 young people in Penza and St. Petersburg organized the terrorist community “Network” and were planning to overthrow the government.
• In February 2020, a court in Penza sentenced seven anti-fascists to prison terms ranging from 6 to 18 years. The appeal court upheld the conviction in October. Dmitry Pchelintsev received 18 years in a maximum security colony, and Ilya Shakursky received 16 years in a maximum security colony under the article on organizing the activities of a terrorist community (Part 1 of Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code). Three defendants were accused of participating in a terrorist community (Part 2 of Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code) and attempted drug sales: Andrei Chernov received 14 years in a maximum security colony, Maxim Ivankin - 13 years in a maximum security colony, Mikhail Kulkov - 10 years in a maximum security colony . Vasily Kuksov, who received 9 years in a general regime colony, was accused of participating in a terrorist community and illegal possession of weapons. Arman Sagynbaev received 6 years in a general regime colony under the article on participation in a terrorist community.
• The defendants in the case, including Shakursky, Pchelintsev, Chernov and Sagynbaev, alleged psychological pressure, electric shock, beatings and planted weapons. Some of them retracted the confessions they gave in the first days after the arrests. OVD-Info spoke in detail about each person involved in the case.