
The Supreme Court of Russia rejected the cassation appeals of three people convicted of taking hostages in the Kemerovo pre-trial detention center in 2022, leaving the main sentences in force.
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In August 2022, in the Kemerovo pre-trial detention center, hostages were taken among the detention center employees.
The Supreme Court rejected the cassation appeals of three people convicted of taking hostages in the Kemerovo pre-trial detention center in 2022. The Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia told Lenta.ru about this.
In the hostage-taking case in December 2024, six people were sentenced to terms ranging from 10 to 28 years. Three of them appealed the verdict, reaching the Supreme Court. At the same time, one of the defendants had his additional sentence reduced to two years. The remaining sentences were left unchanged.
According to investigators, in August 2022, an arrested man suggested that his cellmates capture the detention center staff in order to get a mobile phone and drugs. A few days later, the attackers attacked three employees of the pre-trial detention center and threatened them with homemade cutting objects. Law enforcement officers managed to rescue the hostages.

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