In Russia, Yan Sidorov and Vladislav Mordasov, convicted in the so-called “Rostov case”, left the colony. This was announced on Wednesday, November 3, by the head of the Agora human rights group, Pavel Chikov, with reference to the mothers of young people. Sidorov and Mordasov were supposed to be released on November 4, but due to the fact that this is a holiday, the release date was postponed a day earlier.
In 2019, Sidorov and Mordasov received 6.5 and 6 years and 7 months in prison. In the summer of 2020, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation reduced their sentences to four years. In October of the same year, Sidorov was denied parole. A few months later, a similar petition was refused and Mordasov.
The case against Sidorov and Mordasov was initiated in Rostov-on-Don in 2017. On November 5 of that year, they came out to the building of the government of the Rostov region with posters “Return the land to the Rostov victims of fire” and “The government to resign.” By their actions, Sidorov and Mordasov wanted to express solidarity with the victims of a gigantic fire in the center of Rostov in August 2017. The court found the young people guilty of attempting to organize mass riots (part 3 of article 30, part 1 of article 212 of the Criminal Code).
The threat of administrative supervision
Three weeks before leaving the colony, Sidorov was summoned to a disciplinary commission and sent to a punishment cell for 7 days for not showing up to exercise. Immediately after the punishment cell, he was transferred to strict conditions for serving his sentence (SUON).
According to human rights activists, the administration of the colony did not formalize this procedure legally. When a convicted person leaves the punishment cell, it is possible to place him as a “malicious violator” under administrative supervision.
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