Bogdan Abdurakhmanov
Bogdan Abdurakhmanov, born 1995, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 205 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Terrorist attack); “The case of an arson attack on the military recruitment centre in Goryachiy Klyuch”. Sentence (January 13, 2025): 13 years imprisonment, the first 4 years and 6 months of which will be in prison, the rest — in a strict regime penal… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 24, 2022; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 2, Rostov Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, February 26, 2024.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Krasnodar · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases
Sentence
13 years
imprisonment, the first 4 years and 6 months of which will be in prison, the rest — in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld December 3, 2025
Charges
- Article 205 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Terrorist attack
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, on the 6th of October, he threw four Molotov cocktails at the door of the military enlistment office in the town of Goryachiy Klyuch and fled. The resulting fire was extinguished by a female employee of the military recruitment centre before the arrival of firefighters. Initially, the charge was imputed to attempted damage of property by arson (part 2 of article 167 of the Criminal Code with an application of part 3 of article 30 of the Criminal Code), but then the charge was reclassified to committing a terrorist act by a group of people resulting in significant damage (paragraphs "a", "c" of part 2 of article 205 of the Criminal Code). The investigation believes that the arson was planned "because of disagreement with the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine and partial mobilisation of Russian citizens to influence the decision of the Russian authorities on their termination".
Latest event
December 3, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, February 26, 2024
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Rostov oblast
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 13 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation
· Persecution begins
The case of an arson attack on the military recruitment centre in Goryachiy Klyuch
Criminal case
The case of an arson attack on the military recruitment centre in Goryachiy Klyuch
Other defendants in the case
- Boris Goncharenko — Imprisoned, 12 years
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 2, Rostov Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
347910, г. Таганрог, ул. Ленина, 175, ФКУ СИЗО-2 ГУФСИН России по Ростовской области, Абдурахманов Богдан Русланович, 1995 г.р.
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Full summary
Bogdan Abdurakhmanov is a resident of Goryachiy Klyuch (Krasnodar Region). He was detained on the 7th of October, 2022, in relation to the case of arson of a military recruitment centre. Initially, he was charged with attempted damage to property by arson (part 2 of article 167 of the Criminal Code with an application of part 3 of article 30 of the Criminal Code), but then the charge was reclassified to committing a terrorist act by a group of people with significant damage (paragraphs "a", "c" of part 2 of article 205 of the Criminal Code). On the 24th of October, the court decided to send him into custody. He was initially mentioned in the court ruling as a person with the initial A.. At the court hearing on the 17th of April, 2024, Abdurakhmanov stated that the idea to set fire to the military recruitment office was his, but the case materials show that he acted on the instructions of his accomplice Boris Goncharenko. Later, during the court hearings, the prosecutor reclassified the charges against Abdurakhmanov to Part 1 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code, and against Goncharenko to aiding and abetting terrorist activity, thus designating Abdurakhmanov as the main perpetrator. On the 13th of January, 2025, Abdurakhmanov was sentenced to 13 years in a strict regime penal colony.
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- Citizenship
- Russia
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