Alexander Akulinichev
Alexander Akulinichev, born 1973, Rostov Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of "Citizens of the USSR" in the Rostov region”. Sentence (August 16, 2024): Five years of imprisonment with restriction of liberty for one year and a five-year ban on engaging in activities… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since August 16, 2024.
In brief
Rostov Oblast · NULL · Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases
Sentence
5 years
Five years of imprisonment with restriction of liberty for one year and a five-year ban on engaging in activities related to the organisation of public associations.
Upheld March 18, 2025
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he did not recognise the Russian Federation and opposed its state authorities, continued to promote the ideology of the Union of Slavic Forces of Russia among the residents of Rostov region, despite the ban on his activities.
Latest event
March 18, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
The case of "Citizens of the USSR" in the Rostov region
Other defendants in the case
- Elena Akulinicheva — Imprisoned, 4 years
- Maria Kamenskaia — Imprisoned, 5 years
- Oleg Kolesov — Imprisoned, 7 years 6 months
- Galina Moreva — Imprisoned, 4 years
- Lidiya Tokhmakhova — Imprisoned, 4 years
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Full summary
A resident of the Rostov region. He was prosecuted for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the movement of "Citizens of the USSR", which does not have a strict structure, but represents disparate groups of people who deny the collapse of the USSR. Akulinichev was taken into custody. On 16 August 2024, he was sentenced to five years of imprisonment with one-year restriction of freedom and a five-year ban on activities related to the organisation of public associations.
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.