Alexei Chirniy, a defendant in the Sentsov case, was indefinitely banned from entering Crimea

Alexei Chirniy, a person involved in the Sentsov Case, who was released from prison, was banned from entering Crimea indefinitely. This is reported by Krym.Realii.

The authorities informed the former prisoner that, according to the decision of the Ministry of Justice, if he enters the territory of Russia, he faces criminal prosecution under the article on violation of the rules for crossing the border (part 2 of article 322 of the Criminal Code ).

On May 7, the security forces met Chirniy at the exit from the strict regime colony IK-15 in Bataysk and expelled him from Russia on the same day, not allowing him to communicate with his parents living in Crimea.

• In 2014, it became known about a criminal case brought against residents of Simferopol who were trying to fight against the transfer of Crimea from Ukraine to Russia. They were charged with two arson, which caused minor damage, as well as planning some terrorist attacks.
• Aleksey Chirniy and Gennady Afanasyev, who cooperated with the investigation and agreed to have the case heard in a special manner, each received 7 years in prison. later Both retracted some of their testimony, including those he gave against other defendants in the case. Alexander Kolchenko, who admitted his insignificant participation in one of the arsons, was sentenced by the court to 10 years, and Oleg Sentsov (according to the investigation, he was the organizer of the group), who completely denied his participation, was sentenced to 20 years .
• In September 2019, Sentsov and Kolchenko were extradited to Ukraine as part of an exchange of political prisoners. Afanasiev was expelled to his homeland in 2017.