In penal colony

Vadim Siruk

Birth date

February 20, 1989

Citizenship

Other

Family

Officially registered marriage; Have children

Case

The case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Yalta

Article

Article 278 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code; Part 2, Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code

Verdict

12 years' imprisonment in a strict-regime colony with restriction of liberty for 1 year.

He was detained on February 11, 2016, during mass searches and arrests in Crimea. He was arrested on suspicion of participating in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is banned as a terrorist organization. In July 2016, he was placed in a special unit of the pre-trial detention center as a “dangerous detainee.” In January 2017, he was additionally charged with preparing for the violent seizure of power. On November 12, 2019, he was sentenced to 12 years in a high-security penal colony. In January 2020, it became known that Siruk had been placed in a special unit at Pre-trial Detention Center No. 3 in the Rostov region.