He took off his jacket and got 14 days: Ilya Shakursky, a defendant in the "Network" case, was placed in solitary confinement for the second time in a row.
At the end of October Ilya Shakursky, sentenced to 16 years for participating in the so-called terrorist group "Network", was translated from the Mordovian colony to Penza (because the colony is in Mordovia closed).
As reported NotMoscow The day after his arrival at his new location, his relatives placed Shakursky in a punishment cell (SHIZO) for a week. The reason for this is unknown.
After his solitary confinement period expired, the prisoner was charged with a new offense: removing his jacket while in his cell. This resulted in another 14-day sentence.
Ilya Shakursky was arrested in Penza in October 2017. He was one of ten defendants in the "Network" case, who, according to the FSB, were plotting to violently overthrow the constitutional order and were preparing terrorist attacks timed to coincide with the FIFA World Cup and the 2018 presidential elections. After his arrest, Shakursky claimed he had been tortured with electric shocks to extract a confession. During the trial, the prosecution failed to disclose details of the planned terrorist attacks, and the defendants claimed that the terrorist organization never existed and was invented by FSB agents.
The guilty verdict against the defendants in February 2020 sparked widespread public outcry: pickets were held in various cities across the country, and over 200 people participated in the protest at Lubyanka Square. Memorial recognized those convicted in the "Network" case as political prisoners.
Shakursky's relatives suspect that the Penza prison administration sent him to solitary confinement in retaliation for his testimony about torture. Now the prisoner has no access to phone calls, parcels, or grocery shopping.
By law, those who violate prison rules are placed in solitary confinement. However, in reality, Russian prison administrations use solitary confinement as a means of exerting pressure on prisoners. One of the most well-known examples is Alexey Navalny, who was placed in solitary confinement 27 times, which, according to doctors, greatly weakened his health.
Photo: Ilya Shakursky at a hearing in the Penza Regional Court. 2019.