Three thousand rubles a month began to be debited from the account of Viktor Filinkov, a defendant in the “Network” case, in the IK

In the Orenburg region, the administration of IK-1 began to write off three thousand rubles a month from the personal account of Viktor Filinkov, a defendant in the “Network” case, as “payment for detention in a colony,” as the head of the detachment explained to the convict. This was reported by the RUPRESSION telegram channel.

Filinkov did not receive an official explanation from the administration about the debits from his account. However, the colony employee informed him orally that they were connected with his refusal to work on cleaning the territory.

Filinkov was repeatedly offered to do landscaping work or be a cleaner. However, due to back and wrist pain, the defendant in the Network case cannot engage in such work.

At the same time, Filinkov tried to get another job and repeatedly applied for training to obtain a labor qualification. He began to master the profession of a seamstress, but was forced to interrupt his studies due to frequent placement in a punishment cell.

The Criminal Executive Code (EC) provides for the debiting of funds from the personal accounts of convicts as compensation for the cost of food, clothing, household services and personal hygiene products in the event that convicts avoid work. This is stated in paragraph 4 of Art. 99 PEC.

At the same time, the Penal Code provides for the obligation of the administration of correctional institutions to attract convicts to work, taking into account their gender, age, ability to work, state of health and, if possible, specialty, as well as based on the availability of jobs. This is stated in paragraph 1 of Art. 103 PEC.

• The administration of IK-1 in the Orenburg region regularly imposes disciplinary sanctions on Filinkov. He spent several months in total in a punishment cell; he was transferred to cell-type premises (PKT, EPKT). The convict was also sent to a detachment with strict conditions for serving his sentence, and then transferred to a PKT (cell-type room) for a month due to his refusal to carry out improvement work in the colony (Article 106 of the Penal Code).

• In the Network case, ten young people from Penza and St. Petersburg were found guilty under the article on a terrorist community (Parts 1 and 2 of Article 205.4 of the Criminal Code). According to the FSB, they were allegedly preparing terrorist attacks in order to raise an armed rebellion. The defendants in the case alleged psychological pressure, electric shock, beatings and planted weapons. Some of them retracted the confessions they gave in the first days after the arrests.

• In June 2022, sentences were handed down to two defendants in the St. Petersburg Network case. Viktor Filinkov received seven years in prison, Yuli Boyarshinov - five and a half years.