Network (Russia)

“Network” («Сеть») was allegedly an anti-government anarchist organization active in Russia in 2015–2017.

Its alleged members were arrested in 2017 and sentenced on February 10, 2020 by the Russian military court in Penza to prison terms from 6 to 18 years.

The case of "Network" caused a wide condemnation in Russia, with many protesting against the trials and sentencing.

[1] Andrei Kolesnikov from the Carnegie Moscow Center went on to label the story of the "Network" as "the return of Stalinist show trials", referencing the Moscow trials instigated by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union between 1936 and 1938.

[2] According to Amnesty International's representative, the organization itself had never existed;[3] Amnesty International had previously expressed concern about torture and other ill-treatment used by FSB to extract confessions from the defendants.