Rovshan Askerov
Rovshan Askerov, born 1972, Moscow. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Second case of Rovshan Askerov”, opened on January 22, 2025. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Terrorism cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
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)
- Article 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code — Insulting the memory, symbols, and veterans of the Great Patriotic War (committed by a group of individuals or using mass media or the Internet)
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was a Facebook post criticising Soviet commander Georgy Zhukov.
Latest event
January 22, 2025 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Criminal case opened
Second case of Rovshan Askerov
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
· Persecution begins
Rovshan Askerov's case on rehabilitation of Nazism
Criminal case
Rovshan Askerov's case on rehabilitation of Nazism
Second case of Rovshan Askerov
Details and sources
Full 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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.