Rovshan Askerov
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism casesCases against "foreign agents"
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Case summary
He is a former sports journalist and a connoisseur of "What? Where? When?". He is engaged in organising intellectual games. In April 2022, a criminal case was opened against him under the article on the rehabilitation of Nazism. In December 2022 Askerov was recognised as a "foreign agent". In January 2025, he was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring with a mark, which is put with the names of people prosecuted under terrorist articles. Later it became known that a case on calls for terrorism was opened against him and Ukrainian journalist Oleksiy Gomon in connection with calls for an attempt on the life of the Russian leadership.
Others charged under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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