Kirill Bessonov
Kirill Bessonov, born 2002, Kaluga Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “The case of a resident of the Kaluga Region on the public justification of terrorism”. Sentence (September 1, 2025): 3 years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned.
In brief
Sentence
3 years
imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony
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
According to the investigation, he was a participant in a pro-Ukrainian Telegram chat, where he posted messages containing calls for terrorist activity and also justified terrorist attacks carried out by the Ukrainian side on Russian territory.
Latest event
September 1, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 3 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of a resident of the Kaluga Region on the public justification of terrorism
Criminal case
The case of a resident of the Kaluga Region on the public justification of terrorism
- Case number
- 1-467/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
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Full summary
A resident of Maloyaroslavets (Kaluga Region). He performed alternative civilian service at a residential care home for elderly people. The Conscientious Objectors’ Movement reported that in August 2024, FSB officers came to his home with a search warrant, seized all electronic devices, and took him to a forest, where they beat him, after which he was released. In January 2025, he was detained again in connection with a criminal case on the public justification of terrorism over comments about drones — the same comments that had served as the basis for the first visit and beating. On 1 September, the court sentenced Bessonov to three years’ imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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