Pyotr Afanasenko
Pyotr Afanasenko, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of "Citizens of the USSR" in the Sverdlovsk region”. Sentence (August 14, 2024): 6 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since August 14, 2024.
In brief
Sverdlovsk Oblast · Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Tagil · Extremism cases
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld July 4, 2025
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he acted as the "Interim Head of Nizhny Tagil" within the "Citizens of the USSR" movement. From summer 2019 to spring 2020, he is said to have distributed propaganda materials and held meetings aimed at discrediting the Russian authorities.
Latest event
July 4, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of "Citizens of the USSR" in the Sverdlovsk region
Criminal case
The case of "Citizens of the USSR" in the Sverdlovsk region
Other defendants in the case
- Aleksandr Bersenev — At large, 2 years
- Svetlana Gorina — At large, 6 years
- Nadezhda Dubina — At large, 2 years
- Dmitrii Koval — At large, 2 years
- Valerii Kriukov — At large, 2 years
- Liudmila Larionova — At large, 2 years
- Alexandr Maurin — At large, 2 years
- Aleksei Makhlanov — At large, 2 years
- Oleg Novopashin — At large, 2 years
- Sergei Chibikov — At large, 2 years
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Full summary
A resident of Nizhny Tagil, Afanasenko was accused of organising the activities of an extremist organisation. Investigators alleged that, as a supporter of the "Citizens of the USSR" movement, he had declared himself the "Acting Head of Nizhny Tagil". This movement rejects the dissolution of the Soviet Union, although its structure and the extent of the threat it poses to Russian society remain unclear. Afanasenko had been released on his own recognisance during the investigation. On 14 August 2024, he was sentenced to six years in a general regime penal colony.
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