Alexei Baranovskii
Alexei Baranovskii, born 1981, Moscow. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Alexei Baranovskii's case”. Sentence (July 18, 2025): 6 years' imprisonment in absentia. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Politicians · Terrorism cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment in absentia
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
Presumably, the trigger for opening the case was an interview that the politician, allegedly connected to the Freedom of Russia Дegion, gave to Farida Kurbangaleeva.
Latest event
July 18, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 6 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
· Persecution begins
Alexei Baranovskii's case
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Alexei Baranovskii's case
Thematic group: The case of the interview
Details and sources
Full summary
Former journalist, participant in campaigns in support of Russian nationalists. Member of the Free Russia Forum, associate of politician Ilya Ponomarev. Supposedly associated with the Freedom of Russia Legion. On June 19, 2024, he was included in the Rosfinmonitoring terrorist list. Later it became known that he was charged with public justification of terrorism, presumably because of an interview he gave to Farida Kurbangaleeva. On July 18, 2025, a court sentenced him in absentia to six years in prison.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.