Vissarion Aseev
Vissarion Aseev, born 1969. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Vissarion Aseev’s case of calling for terrorism”. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Human rights defenders · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
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
The reason for the case was Aseev's Facebook post dated March 16, 2022. In it, he shared someone else's publication that contained information on possible losses of the Russian army and wrote:"Why the fuck are Ossetians going to Ukraine to die? Stay at home! If you want to kill someone, kill Putin!" According to Astra, the post was sent for expert examination, and experts found it to be a call for "an attempt on the life of a statesman with the aim of stopping his activity".
Latest event
September 5, 2025 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Vissarion Aseev’s case of calling for terrorism
Criminal case
Vissarion Aseev’s case of calling for terrorism
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Human rights defender from North Ossetia, former deputy of the Assembly of Representatives of the Pravoberezhny District of North Ossetia, founder of the Crimean Human Rights Group. Since 2014, he has been living in Kyiv. In June 2025, ASTRA reported that he was charged with calls to terrorism because of a Facebook post on March 16, 2022. In this post Aseev wrote commenting the information about possible Russian losses in Ukraine: "Why the fuck are Ossetians going to Ukraine to die? Stay at home! If you want to kill someone, kill Putin!"
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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