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Convicted by a Russian court for creating a terrorist community, Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov changed his colony for the third time in the past two years. What awaits Sentsov in the new colony and why he is so often transferred - the correspondent of "" figured out.
How Sentsov's "colonial" tour began
On August 25, 2015, the military court of Rostov-on-Don handed down a guilty verdict against Ukrainian citizen Oleg Sentsov. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison with a strict regime colony. During the trial, employees of the Federal Security Service declared the Ukrainian director a member of the Right Sector political organization, banned in Russia, on whose instructions he allegedly planned explosions on the peninsula.
The first place of his detention in February 2016 was the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. In September 2017, Sentsov was transferred to correctional colony (IK) No. 18 in the village of Kharpa, and on October 13, to IK-8 in the city of Labytnangi, also known as the "Polar Bear".
What is known colony "Polar Bear"
The prisoners of the "Polar Bear" are all those who could have been shot if Russia had not introduced a moratorium on the death penalty: terrorists, serial killers and maniacs. But what makes IK-8 the most famous is the reputation of the jailers: news agencies regularly report on beatings and torture in the Polar Bear.
A journalist from Salekhard, who wished not to disclose his name, told "" that although information about the ill-treatment of prisoners is received regularly (for example, back in 2012, the Ura.ru portal reported this), no real investigations are being carried out.
Human rights activists rarely confirm the words of prisoners about torture. Perhaps these tortures really do not exist. Perhaps the jailers manage to somehow eliminate the traces of beatings. Maybe the human rights activists themselves are dishonest. The system is so closed that it is extremely difficult to figure out who is right and who is not.
"Polar Bear" is an informal name. Like others: "Polar Owl", "White Swan", "Black Dolphin". In fact, all colonies have alphanumeric names. This one - IK-8, is located in Labytnangi.
First-time convicted men come here. In the "White Bear" there are about seven hundred of them. They are mostly convicted of drug-related crimes: possession, sale. And for crimes against the life and health of citizens.
Living quarters, eating places, school, bakery and workshops, sports ground.
Prisoners are allowed video calls with relatives. About once a month they can see their loved ones on the screen. Live dates are also allowed.
School
More precisely, the evening class assigned to the eighth Labytnang school. Convicts who do not have a complete secondary education and have not reached the age of thirty are obliged to receive education in places of deprivation of liberty. Educators strictly control this moment - they ask for copies of certificates, and if they are not there, at the beginning of the school year, by order, they enroll in evening school.
Here they receive secondary incomplete and secondary specialized education. Issue a certificate.
Teachers - coming, from the eighth school. They are separated from the students by bars.
We were warned at the entrance to take pictures only of those who gave their consent. Head of the colony Sergey Skachev:
- If someone is against it, raise your hand. Are you against? Two, who are against - go to this corner. And you shoot so that they don’t get into the frame - that’s for me.
I repeat, those who are under thirty are obliged to study. However, older people are also educated. There is a man who is over fifty, also expressed a desire to study.
Dining room
The colony has its own bakery. In addition, they make their own pasta and grilled chicken.
The bread is baked by the prisoners themselves. Some of them came here with a profession, someone learned already here.
The smell of bread is incredible. They gave me a piece. Grey! Awesome!
Lunch starts at 11 am. There are four groups on the menu: general (minimum nutritional standards) and special groups, people with various diseases, diabetics, for example, get there. Four types of porridge: semolina, oatmeal, barley, millet.
Dining room
Score
In a small store on the territory of IK-8, the assortment is not displayed in showcases. Just posted a price list. Toothbrush and paste, various canned foods, quick-cooking soups, seeds... Prices are always compared with regional ones, and should not be exceeded. The freshness of the goods is controlled. However, the products are not stale, says the seller. The most popular are sweets: condensed milk, sugar, pies, marshmallows, sweets, snickers, chocolates. And cigarettes.
Smoking, however, has become less. The Tobacco Prohibition Act had an effect. And rising prices for tobacco products.
Hygiene items are provided to the convicts in full, however, in order to have a wider assortment, Colgate and more expensive toothbrushes are brought into the store.
Convicts receive wages, and those who do not work receive money from relatives.
Living spaces
Detachments are housed in barracks-type premises. In each - about a hundred people.
Sports ground with exercise equipment - right under the open sky. This one is empty, but I saw that they were working on the other one. There is an opportunity to practice every day. Even in winter.
crossover
Bench and bench press
Inner courtyard of the detachment.
Inside. Beds are bunk. Today is Wednesday, so the bed looks like this.
On each bed there is a sign with a name and a photo
The option of making beds is determined, it is the same for all convicts.
A room where they watch TV, write letters, listen to lectures.
Awards for the participation of the detachment in sports and cultural events
The dining room. There is a kettle, stove, water. Here you can drink tea, eat food that is given by relatives or bought in a store. Today is (again) a sanitary day, the refrigerator is defrosting, so everything is laid out on the table.
Chapel
The former premises of the bakery were taken under the chapel. A frame has been made on which it is planned to hang the bells. With God's help, say the staff of the colony. They promised to help in the church and bring the bells.
A strictly censored library of Orthodox literature is collected here, there is a room for prayers. There are baptisms, once a quarter for sure. You can come to pray every day, the main thing is not to fall out of the general regime. Each squad has a set time. Now here only orderly.
production area
We pass through the sanitary checkpoint to the production area. Here, the prisoners change clothes, receive a tool and leave for work sites. During the day they work, eat from work in the reverse order: they change into the clothes in which they are in the detachment, and disperse among the detachments.
This model is collected for about a year. It is quite large, about a meter long. Each plank, the masters say, needs to be processed all day. And the planks are a little thicker than matches.
Vessel scheme
And this is another workshop. Here they cut wood
Both young and old order. They choose songs from the eighties, nineties... And more modern ones. A database of songs that have passed censorship has been created.
They also play movies. Mostly historical, patriotic, educational tapes.
“We have no right to play premieres, we show films only after they have been shown on central television,” the political instructor said.
Applications are added here if they want, for example, to congratulate a friend on his birthday.
Head of the colony - Colonel of the internal service Skachev Sergey Viktorovich
Convicts require a lot of work of psychological services, educators, - says the head of the colony. - It all starts with the daily routine, with discipline. Convicts get used to living within the law, many, having received a profession, then get a job. Many, especially from among the small peoples of the North, receive a complete secondary education, then receive professions that are in demand in the district: a bricklayer, carpenter, carpenter, cook, welder, fireman.
Most of the convicts are from Yamal, this is the policy of Russia: the distribution of convicts within the territorial body. The bulk of the convicts are ours, from Yamal. In each detachment - up to a hundred people. The payroll is inconsistent, reformed convicts receive conditional early release by a court decision.
Recently, more families have been created. During this year, about ten cells of the society were created, literally last week for the last time. Like all citizens of Russia, they apply to the registry office, and on the appointed day, the future spouse comes here with the registrar. Applications are submitted to the registry office by territory.
First-time convicted men come here. In the "White Bear" there are about seven hundred of them. They are mostly convicted of drug-related crimes: possession, sale. And for crimes against the life and health of citizens.
Living quarters, eating places, bakery and workshops, sports ground.
"The street". There are residential premises, a school, a fire station, a canteen.
Prisoners are allowed video calls with relatives. About once a month they can see their loved ones on the screen. Live dates are also allowed.
School
More precisely, the evening class assigned to the eighth Labytnang school. Convicts who do not have a complete secondary education and have not reached the age of thirty are obliged to receive education in places of deprivation of liberty. Educators strictly control this moment - they ask for copies of certificates, and if they are not there, at the beginning of the school year, by order, they enroll in evening school.
Here they receive secondary incomplete and secondary specialized education. Issue a certificate.
Teachers - coming, from the eighth school. They are separated from the students by bars.
We were warned at the entrance to take pictures only of those who gave their consent. Head of the colony Sergey Skachev:
- If someone is against it, raise your hand. Are you against? Two, who are against - go to this corner. And you shoot so that they don’t get into the frame - that’s for me.
I repeat, those who are under thirty are obliged to study. However, older people are also educated. There is a man who is over fifty, also expressed a desire to study.
Dining room
The colony has its own bakery. In addition, they make their own pasta and grilled chicken.
The bread is baked by the prisoners themselves. Some of them came here with a profession, someone learned already here.
The smell of bread is incredible. They gave me a piece. Grey! Awesome!
Lunch starts at 11 am. There are four groups on the menu: general (minimum nutritional standards) and special groups, people with various diseases, diabetics, for example, get there. Four types of porridge: semolina, oatmeal, barley, millet.
Dining room
Score
In a small store on the territory of IK-8, the assortment is not displayed in showcases. Just posted a price list. Toothbrush and paste, various canned foods, quick-cooking soups, seeds... Prices are always compared with regional ones, and should not be exceeded. The freshness of the goods is controlled. However, the products are not stale, says the seller. The most popular are sweets: condensed milk, sugar, pies, marshmallows, sweets, snickers, chocolates. And cigarettes.
Smoking, however, has become less. The Tobacco Prohibition Act had an effect. And rising prices for tobacco products.
Hygiene items are provided to the convicts in full, however, in order to have a wider assortment, Colgate and more expensive toothbrushes are brought into the store.
Convicts receive wages, and those who do not work receive money from relatives.
Living spaces
Detachments are housed in barracks-type premises. In each - about a hundred people.
Sports ground with exercise equipment - right under the open sky. This one is empty, but I saw that they were working on the other one. There is an opportunity to practice every day. Even in winter.
crossover
Bench and bench press
Inner courtyard of the detachment.
Inside. Beds are bunk. Today is Wednesday, so the bed looks like this.
On each bed there is a sign with a name and a photo
The option of making beds is determined, it is the same for all convicts.
A room where they watch TV, write letters, listen to lectures.
Awards for the participation of the detachment in sports and cultural events
The dining room. There is a kettle, stove, water. Here you can drink tea, eat food that is given by relatives or bought in a store. Today is (again) a sanitary day, the refrigerator is defrosting, so everything is laid out on the table.
Chapel
The former premises of the bakery were taken under the chapel. A frame has been made on which it is planned to hang the bells. With God's help, say the staff of the colony. They promised to help in the church and bring the bells.
A strictly censored library of Orthodox literature is collected here, there is a room for prayers. There are baptisms, once a quarter for sure. You can come to pray every day, the main thing is not to fall out of the general regime. Each squad has a set time. Now here only orderly.
production area
We pass through the sanitary checkpoint to the production area. Here, the prisoners change clothes, receive a tool and leave for work sites. During the day they work, eat from work in the reverse order: they change into the clothes in which they are in the detachment, and disperse among the detachments.
This model is collected for about a year. It is quite large, about a meter long. Each plank, the masters say, needs to be processed all day. And the planks are a little thicker than matches.
Vessel scheme
And this is another workshop. Here they cut wood
And another shop. Cut with a laser
Right in front of me, the master drove a drawing and an inscription into the corel, pressed the button ...
And the process has begun!
The colony has its own radio and television. The program lasts at least an hour. The main broadcasting network is lectures of an educational nature, social and educational. A share of the air is allocated for congratulations.
Both young and old order. They choose songs from the eighties, nineties... And more modern ones. A database of songs that have passed censorship has been created.
They also play movies. Mostly historical, patriotic, educational tapes.
“We have no right to play premieres, we show films only after they have been shown on central television,” the political instructor said.
Applications are added here if they want, for example, to congratulate a friend on his birthday.
Head of the colony - Colonel of the internal service Skachev Sergey Viktorovich
Convicts require a lot of work of psychological services, educators, - says the head of the colony. - It all starts with the daily routine, with discipline. Convicts get used to living within the law, many, having received a profession, then get a job. Many, especially from among the small peoples of the North, receive a complete secondary education, then they receive professions that are in demand in the district: a bricklayer, carpenter, carpenter, cook, welder, fireman.
Most of the convicts are from Yamal, this is the policy of Russia: the distribution of convicts within the territorial body. The bulk of the convicts are ours, from Yamal. In each detachment - up to a hundred people. The payroll is inconsistent, reformed convicts receive conditional early release by a court decision.
