Sergei Boiko
Sergei Boiko, born 1983, Novosibirsk Oblast. Charges: Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being…); “Sergei Boiko’s case of evading the duties of a “foreign agent””, opened on September 1, 2024. Status: not in Russia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, August 16, 2024.
In brief
Novosibirsk Oblast · Bloggers, Entrepreneurs · Extremism cases, Cases against "foreign agents", Cases against Navalny/ACF supporters
Sentence
Mandatory community service (in absentia)
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Establishment and management of an extremist community using an official position
- Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being persecuted for an administrative offence
Latest event
August 26, 2025 — preventive measure: arrest in absentia
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, August 16, 2024
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Timeline
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Criminal case opened
Sergei Boiko’s case of evading the duties of a “foreign agent”
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
· Persecution begins
Sergei Boyko's case
Criminal case
Sergei Boiko’s case of evading the duties of a “foreign agent”
Sergei Boyko's case
Thematic group: The case of the extremist community led by Navalny
Details and sources
Full summary
He is a former coordinator of Alexei Navalny’s headquarters in Novosibirsk and deputy of the Novosibirsk City Council. He has left Russia. Tatiana Sazonova, an aide to a State Duma deputy, demanded that a libel case be initiated against Boiko after he claimed that a 100-year-old World War II veteran had died of a coronavirus after visiting her.
In February 2023, an arrest warrant was issued for Boiko as part of a certain criminal case, details of which are unknown. On 31 March 2023, he was added to the register of “foreign agents”. In September 2024, a case was initiated against him for evasion of his duties as a “foreign agent”.
On 22 October 2024, Boiko was added to Rosfinmonitoring’s list of extremists and terrorists, with a note that is placed at the names of people facing prosecution under terrorist articles.
In January 2026, the RBC and Kommersant newspapers reported that Boiko had been sentenced in absentia to 400 hours of compulsory labour in a case of evading his duties as a “foreign agent”.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.