October 20, 2026, 2:44 PMRSSRU

Evgenii Bokhorskii

Location unknownChecked October 18, 2026

Evgenii Bokhorskii, born 1943, Bryansk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Evgeniy Bohorskiy, Vladimir and Margarita Komornikov, Vitaliy Simonov and Sergey Frolov”. Sentence (July 5, 2023): 4 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty, prohibition to engage in… Status: location unknown.

In brief

Bryansk Oblast · Bryansk · Extremism cases

Sentence

4 years

of imprisonment in a general regime colony, 1 year of restriction of liberty, prohibition to engage in activities related to leadership and participation in the work of public organisations for a period of 3 years

Verdict July 5, 2023

Upheld January 28, 2024

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, he knew about the existence of a court decision to recognise the interregional public association “Union of Slavic Forces of the Rus” (its other names being the “Union of Soviet Socialist Republics” and the “USSR”) as an extremist organisation and to ban its activities in the entire territory of the Russian Federation, but despite this he continued to carry out actions to organise activities and participate in this banned organisation, attracted like-minded people, held meetings in the premises rented by them, and conducted propaganda work, including with the use of the Internet, his aim being the propagation of the idea of denying the breakup of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as a state, as well as opposing the government agencies of the Russian Federation due to their lack of legitimacy. In addition, he engaged in the financing of this banned organisation. He was appointed to the position of “USSR state authorities” by the head of the interregional public association “Union of Slavic Forces of the Rus” <...>., carried out his instructions, met with its members on several occasions on the issues of coordinating their actions on the territory of <...>.

Latest event

July 1, 2026 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 4 years

  4. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

  5. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  6. · Preventive measure: ban on certain activities

Criminal case

The case of Evgeniy Bohorskiy, Vladimir and Margarita Komornikov, Vitaliy Simonov and Sergey Frolov

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Citizens of USSR case in Bryansk

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A resident of Bryansk. A case was brought against him for organising activities of an extremist organisation due to his involvement in the movement of "citizens of the USSR". On 25 March 2021, the court selected a preventive measure against Bohorsky in the form of a ban on certain actions. On 5 July 2023, he was sentenced to four years in a general regime colony. Presumably, he was released in July 2025.

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