Dmitrii Bogdanov
Dmitrii Bogdanov, born 1990, Sakhalin Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Dmitrii Bogdanov's case of calls for terrorism”. Sentenced on November 21, 2025. Status: at large.
In brief
Sakhalin Oblast · Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk · Terrorism cases
Sentence
Upheld March 2, 2026
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 left comments in the "Civic Position — Region 65" Telegram chat room, in which the need for the violent overthrow" of Vladimir Putin was justified. He also left comments in the WhatsApp group "Bacchanalia", in which he justified the need to overthrow representatives of the state power.
Latest event
March 2, 2026 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Dmitrii Bogdanov's case of calls for terrorism
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
Dmitrii Bogdanov's case of calls for terrorism
- Case number
- 1-110/2025
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. In November and December 2024, criminal cases for calls for terrorism were opened against him because of publications in which he "justified the need" to overthrow Putin and state power. He was placed under a recognisance not to leave. On 12 March 2025, Bogdanov was charged under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian Army because of his Telegram post: "My dear countrymen, I think I understand why all this shit has been happening to us for many years, why we first massively voted for Putin, and now the majority supports the war in Ukraine and considers Ukraine a puppet of the mythical West." On 21 November 2025, Bogdanov was sentenced in a criminal case; the details are unknown.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- travel ban (written undertaking)
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.