Artem Basyrov
Artem Basyrov, born 2001, Kemerovo Oblast. Charges: Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Assisting or financing terrorist activities); Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism, or justification of terrorism); Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “Artem Basyrov's case of public incitement to terrorism, promotion of terrorist activity and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation”. Sentenced on August 6, 2025; previously convicted under Article 208 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 28, 2026.
In brief
Kemerovo Oblast · Kemerovo · Manual workers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
12 years 3 months
Imprisonment (strict regime)
No information about an appeal ruling.
Other verdicts
- December 12, 2022 — 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Charges
- Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting or financing terrorist activities
- Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism, or justification of terrorism
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
- Article 208 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Latest event
October 20, 2026 — case status changed
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, May 28, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 12 years 3 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Artem Basyrov's case on preparing to join the Freedom of Russia legion
Criminal case
Artem Basyrov's case of public incitement to terrorism, promotion of terrorist activity and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation
- Case number
- 1-145/2025
Artem Basyrov's case on preparing to join the Freedom of Russia legion
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Kemerovo, a bricklayer. In 2020, he was fined 10,000 roubles in an administrative case for publishing a xenophobic video on VKontakte against natives of the Caucasus and Central Asia. In May 2022, Basyrov was interviewed as part of a check-up. On 11 August 2022, he was taken into custody on charges of preparing to participate in an illegal armed formation - meaning the Freedom of Russia Legion. On 12 December 2022, Basyrov was sentenced to three and a half years in a strict regime colony. After that, a new case was brought against him - on calls to terrorism, promotion of terrorist activity and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. On 6 August 2025, Basyrov was sentenced in this case, the details are unknown.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of detention
- Prison, Chelyabinsk Oblast
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.1 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.