Sergey Bashorin
- Criminal Code
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism cases
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Suspended prison sentence
- Sentence
- 1 year
- Date of verdict
- 2022-05-17
- Region
- Komi Republic
- City
- Syktyvkar
Case summary
A resident of Syktyvkar. No later than May 2021, a case was brought against him for calls to extremism because of comments on social networks about the police and United Russia. On 18 May 2022, Bashorin was sentenced to a year of suspended sentence.
Others charged under Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
What we write about political persecution
Recent material from this section. This is section navigation — the articles below are not about this person.
- 2026-09-04Georgia court clears extradition of Fugal ally to Russia
- 2026-09-04Russia labels Novaya Gazeta a 'foreign agent,' adds over 100 affiliated names
- 2026-09-04Russian court sentences hostage-takers from Rostov detention center to up to 29 years
- 2026-09-04Two Yabloko Duma candidates detained in Moscow two days before vote
- 2026-09-03British man says Russian police beat him, jumped on his head at station in Yessentuki
Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
Published under CC BY 3.0. The criteria for treating a person as politically persecuted belong to OVD-Info; FACTUM relays their assessment and makes none of its own.
OVD-Info has been designated an «extremist» organisation in Russia — by decision of the Russian authorities, like other independent human rights and media projects.