The defendant of the case of the Crimean saboteurs was placed in TsVSIG after liberation from the colony

The defendant in the case of the “Crimean saboteurs” Andrei Zakhtei departed the term of imprisonment of six and a half years and left the colony of strict regime in Simferopol. After the release, to him, a citizen of Ukraine, was not allowed to go to his native country, but was placed at the Center for Temporary Contents of Foreign Citizens in the Rostov Region. This is reported by "ґrati."

The man was detained in August 2016. According to the FSB, Zakhti, who was engaged in the Crimea in a private car, was supposed to meet members of the Ukrainian sabotage group, who penetrated the territory of the peninsula, and ensure its movement there. The man pleaded guilty, not calling other defendants in the case, and signed an agreement with the investigation. Subsequently, he said that he testified under torture.

In 2017, by the decision of the court, Zakhteya was deprived of Russian citizenship, which he received after he moved to Crimea.

The man was charged with four articles: about illegal storage of weapons (part 3 of article 222 of the Criminal Code) and explosives (part 3 of article 222.1 of the Criminal Code), on preparation for sabotage (part 2 of article 281 of the Criminal Code using part 1 of article 30 of the Criminal Code), on the acquisition or sale of official documents (Article 324 of the Criminal Code) and the storage of fake passport (part 3 of article 327 of the Criminal Code). He was sentenced to six and a half years in a maximum security colony.

On March 15, Andrei Zakhteya is still kept at the center of temporary detention of foreign citizens. This was reported on March 14 "Crimea. Realities ”with reference to the representative of the President of Ukraine in the Crimea of ​​the Crimea Tamila Tashev.

She claims that the warders and the leadership of the center, where they contain Zakhtea, tried several times to accuse him of disobedience.

“We are very afraid that he can again be sent to a place of imprisonment. Andrei has problems with the documents, and we prepare them in order to be able to free it as quickly as possible, ”Crimea reports. Realities »The words of Tasheva.

The representative of the President of Ukraine added that the convicted Ukrainian Nikolai Shippter, who is on the Sentsov List , is also held in TsVSIG.

• Another defendant in the case, Evgenia Panov, was released in September 2019 as part of the exchange of prisoners between Ukraine and Russia. Panov and Zakhti were included in the Sentsov List : a list of 64 political prisoners in Russia, the release of which was required by film director Oleg Sentsov during his hunger strike in 2018.
• Mediazona wrote in detail about the events of 2016 in the Crimea, which entailed the detention of Zakhtei.