Personal Information
- Birth date
- 4 авг. 1984 г. (41 years old)
- Special circumstances
- Ukrainian citizen, activist
- Notes
- ATO volunteer and participant in the "Automaidan", before his arrest he worked as a taxi driver
Yakimenko Vladimir Grigorevich (Yakimenko Volodimir Grigorovich)
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Republic of Crimea
- Detention date:
- 11 июн. 2017 г.
- Charges:
- Art. 229.1 CC RF, Art. 228.1 CC RF Part 5, Art. 30 CC RF Part 3
- Sentence:
- 15 years 6 months strict regime
- Estimated release date:
- 13 дек. 2032 г.
- Case categories:
- Crimea, Civil activist cases
Case Description
In Crimea on June 11, 2017, at the border with Ukraine, 32-year-old Ukrainian citizen, ATO volunteer, and participant in the "Automaidan" Vladimir Yakimenko was detained. For three days he was illegally held at customs, tortured, after which Yakimenko gave a confession that he had transported drugs across the border from Ukraine to occupied Crimea. March 28, 2018, the Supreme Court of Crimea sentenced Vladimir Yakimenko to 15.5 years in a strict regime colony. On June 19, 2019, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld the sentence.
Contact Information
Mailing Address
Якименко Владимир Григорьевич (Якименко Володимир Григорович), 4 августа 1984 г. ФКУ ИК-4 УФСИН России по Саратовской области, адрес: 413724, Саратовская область, г. Пугачев, Карьер МВД связь через: Зонателеком
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