Ilya Baburin sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment

The 2nd Eastern military district court at Novosibirsk has sentenced 24-year-old Ilya Baburin, in the case of an arson of a military recruitment centre that did not happen. Baburin was found guilty under an array of Articles, including “treason against the state” and “attempted organisation of a terrorist act”. The court sentenced Ilya to 25 years’ imprisonment, of which the first five years must be served in prison, and the remaining 20 in a strict regime colony.

Ilya pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against him. His lawyer, Vasily Dubkov, called on the court to acquit his client.

✊ Solidarity zone provides full support to Ilya Baburin. In the first place, we need to complete the fundraiser to pay his lawyer. You can support this via the link.

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❗️ The anarchist Ruslan Siddiqui could face a life sentence

On 30 May, new charges were brought against the anarchist Ruslan Siddiqui, who is accused of acts of sabotage against military infrastructure in Russia. He is now charged with "undertaking training with the intention of perpetrating acts of terrorism" (Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and of handling explosive substances for an "organised group" (Article 222.1, paragraph 4). He could now face a prison sentence of between 15 years to life. 

Charges were previously brought against Ruslan Siddiqui under Articles covering acts of terrorism and the preparation of explosive substances, which could mean between 12 and 30 years in prison. But the Article on "terrorist training" envisages harsher punishment than the one on acts of terrorism — from 15 years to life. The Article is written in such a way that the security services can use it to add to their leading case. A defendant faces a longer sentence for "training" than for actually doing something. This Article was also used, for example, in the case of Roman Nasryev and Alexei Nuriev, who earlier this year received the record sentence for firebombing a military recruitment centre: 19 years’ imprisonment each.

Ruslan Siddiqui does not consider what he did — blowing up a section of railway underneath a goods train, and attacking a military aerodrome with drones — to be terrorism. He points out that his aim was to damage military infrastructure. He undertook his actions in such a way as to avoid harming anybody. The Article on "terrorist acts", one of the main definitions of which is that they intimidate people, does not apply.

For this reason, we believe that the Article on "terrorist training" also does not apply in Ruslan’s case.

As for handling explosive substances, here the phrase about an "organised group" raises questions. The investigating officers claim that the "organised criminal group" is the Central Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine. But Ruslan insists that he planned and carried out his actions single-handedly. And the investigators themselves found that Siddiqui had prepared explosives at home, using ingredients that can be purchased legally: the most popular ones in Russia — triacetone triperoxide (TATP) and ammonal.

Solidarity zone is now collecting funds to pay for a lawyer for Ruslan Siddiqui. The lawyer is not only a specialist for defence in court, but also the only person who can visit a prisoner in pre-trial detention (SIZO) and be present during questioning by investigating officers. A lawyer is a vital defence against torture and other methods of intimidation. You can support the fundraiser via PayPal or using cryptocurrency.

🪙 PayPal: solidarity_zone@riseup.net (please specify, "for Siddiqui")

🥷 Cryptocurrencies (please inform us by email to solidarity_zone@riseup.net if you send cryptocurrency to support Ruslan Siddiqui)

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💌 You can also support Ruslan by writing letters (in Russian only)!

✉️ Address for letters:
Russia, 125130, Москва, ул. Выборгская, д. 20, СИЗО-5
Siddiqui Ruslan Kasemovich, born 1988 (Сидики Руслан Касемович 1988 г. р.)

📧 You can write via PrisonMail.Online service: "Moscow" ⮕ "SIZO-5 Vodnik"

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🥳 We have completed the fundraiser for Alexey Rozhkov's legal defence!

In March, we opened a fundraiser for Alexey Rozhkov’s legal defence. Alexey is being charged under three criminal articles over an arson attack on a military recruitment office, and an interview with Khodorkovsky Live. The investigation have claimed the arson as a "terrorist act”, and Rozhkov's words as "justification of terrorism" and “fake news" about the Russian army. Rozhkov faces up to 22.5 years in prison, and we opened a fundraiser to pay for his lawyer, as well as independent research into the expert analyses carried out during the investigation.

❤️‍🔥 Thanks to you — because of your donations and reposts — we have now collected the required €3504! Alexey will now have legal defence until the end of the trial, and independent experts have already written, or are in the process of writing, reviews on all the expertise of the investigation.

We are still collecting for the legal defence of our other arrestees. Support them too, if can.

🔥 Fundraiser for the legal defence of anti-fascist Yuri Mikheev
An 18-year-old from the Moscow region is accused of planning to set fire to military equipment, and faces up to 10 years in prison.

🔥 Fundraiser for the legal defence of Ilya Baburin
The 24-year-old from Novosibirsk was sentenced to 25 years in prison in a case of preparing to set fire to a military recruitment centre. Ilya did not agree with the sentence and is appealing against it.

🔥 Fundraiser for Boris Goncharenko's legal defence
The school teacher from Krasnodar is charged under the "terrorist act” article for helping his friend Bogdan Abdurakhmanov to make a Molotov cocktail, which Bogdan then used to set fire to a military recruitment centre. The trial is underway, and Boris faces up to 20 years in prison.

You can support our fundraisers by transferring through PayPal or in cryptocurrency.

🪙 PayPal: solidarity_zone@riseup.net (please leave a note specifying who you are transferring for)

🥷 Cryptocurrency (email us at solidarity_zone@riseup.net, to tell us for whom you are transferring money):

Monero: 4B1tm6boA5ST6hLdfnPRG2Np9XMHCTiyhE6QaFo46QXp6tZ7Y6nJjE43xBBTwHM84bWwexR8nS4KH36JHujjc1kC8j2Mx5e

Bitcoin: bc1qn404lrshp3q9gd7852d7w85sa09aq0ch28s3v4

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To donate to USDT via another network or with other cryptocurrency — email solidarity_zone@riseup.net for the necessary details.

If you have questions about how a lawyer can help in the current climate, read our post answering that question.

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