Aleksander Bratakhin
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 3 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-10-14
- Region
- Vologda Oblast
- City
- Cherepovets
- Facility
- ФКУ СИЗО-2 УФСИН России по Вологодской области
- Address for letters
- 160019, Вологодская область, г. Вологда, ул. Трудовая, 2, ФКУ СИЗО-2 УФСИН России по Вологодской области, Братахин Александр Николаевич, 1978 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 19 March 2026
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Case summary
A resident of Cherepovets, a refractory worker at Severstal. In July 2025, the FSB reported his detention and arrest under the case of calls for terrorism. According to the version of law enforcers, he repeatedly posted on the Internet calls for a violent change of power in Russia. In particular, the man wrote that Putin should be "shot together with the United Russia party" and called to "chase this shitty government away".
According to Mediazona, Bratakhin was already detained on 5 June. On 14 October 2025, the court sentenced him to three years in a general regime colony.
Others charged under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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