Nikolai Artanov
Nikolai Artanov, born 1986, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “The case of public justification of terrorism in the Sverdlovsk region”. Sentence (June 23, 2025): Fine of 550 thousand rubles. Status: at large.
In brief
Sverdlovsk Oblast · Novouralsk · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases
Sentence
Fine of 550 thousand rubles
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
According to the IC's version, on the 8 October 2022, while in the city of Novouralsk, using a mobile phone with Internet access, he posted a comment on his personal social network page under the news about a terrorist act. In his comment, according to the forensic report, the defendant justified the terrorists' actions.
Latest event
June 23, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of public justification of terrorism in the Sverdlovsk region
Criminal case
The case of public justification of terrorism in the Sverdlovsk region
- Case number
- 2-230/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Yekaterinburg. He was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism because of a post published on 8 October 2022, the day of the explosion on the Crimean Bridge. The IC reported that on that day Artanov from his page in the social network left a comment under the news about the terrorist attack. On 23 June 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 550,000 rubles.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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