23-year-old Ilya Baburin, a defendant in the case of an attempt to set fire to a military registration and enlistment office in Novosibirsk, was charged under articles on attempted "high treason" (part 3, article 30, article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This is reported by the "Solidarity Zone".
Baburin was detained at the end of September 2022. According to the FSB, he tried to set fire to the military enlistment office. Initially, a case was brought against him under the article on organizing a terrorist attack (part 4 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), which provides for punishment from 15 to 20 years or life imprisonment. Later, another article was added to this charge – on involvement in terrorist activities (part 1.1 of article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), the sanction of which also provides for life imprisonment.
On March 31, Baburin was acquainted with the decision to initiate a case of treason. At the same time, there were no new episodes in the Baburin case, human rights activists write.
“<…> in order to assist the indicated persons [the Azov battalion] in carrying out activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation <…> organized the commission of a terrorist act – arson of the building of the military commissariat on the territory of Novosibirsk, while the crime was not brought Baburin I.N. to the end due to circumstances beyond his control. These actions Baburin AND.GN. committed a crime under Part. 3 Article. 30 and Art. 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation – the commission by a citizen of the Russian Federation of deliberate actions directly aimed at providing other assistance to representatives of a foreign organization in activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation <…>, ”the resolution says.
On March 23, the Solidarity Zone said that the administration of SIZO-1 in Novosibirsk is putting pressure on Baburin and mocking him. According to human rights activists, in January Baburin was placed in a "psychiatric facility" without any evidence. “This is a special cell with rubber walls, in which prisoners who are prone to self-harm should be placed,” the project participants explained.
Before being placed in the "psychoisolation" Baburin was completely undressed and he was there naked under the video camera. At the same time, he was not allowed to go to the toilet and, in protest, he broke the video camera.
After that, the prisoner was transferred to "another room of unknown purpose." There, “he sat naked for two days, and only then was he returned to a regular cell,” human rights activists wrote.
A week later, Baburin was placed in a punishment cell for 18 days, despite the fact that the maximum sentence is no more than 15 days. “In the punishment cell, the room is a little less than two meters wide and three meters long. There is a sink, a window, a toilet and a bed, but it is fastened to the wall at 6:00 and unfastened at 22:00, when the bed is fastened, it turns into a small table and chair,” human rights activists quoted Baburin as saying.
When Baburin was returned to a regular cell, the SIZO administration lied to his cellmates that he had allegedly written a statement against them and because of this, the prisoners had to write explanatory notes. “Fortunately, no one believed it, they didn’t write explanatory notes, and the intrigue didn’t work,” the Solidarity Zone noted.
After that, Baburin was again sent to a punishment cell for 14 days: “He allegedly did not keep his hands behind his back when moving inside the pre-trial detention center.”