Rinat Burkeev
Rinat Burkeev, born 1985, Bashkortostan. Charges: Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); Article 226 part 4 item a applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Preparation for the theft or extortion of weapons, ammunition, explosives, and explosive devices…); Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); “The case of a Marxist club in Ufa”. Sentence (December 16, 2025): 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 60,000 roubles. Status: imprisoned.
In brief
Bashkortostan · Ufa · Terrorism cases
Sentence
16 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony, a fine of 60,000 roubles
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in a terrorist community
- Article 226 part 4 item a applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Preparation for the theft or extortion of weapons, ammunition, explosives, and explosive devices committed by an organized group of people
- Article 278 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparing for violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, the Ufa Marxist circle, which Burkeev attended, was planning a violent seizure of power. The investigation believes its organiser was Pavel Matisov. The investigation considers three texts and two videos published in "VKontakte" in 2019-2021 the evidence of preparations for an armed seizure of power. In one of the videos, the programme of the circle is read out, in the second one, a participant states that Russia is "occupied by capitalists" and calls for the overthrow of capitalism. A circle participant Sergei Sapozhnikov, who filed an application with the FSB, claimed that the others discussed how to obtain weapons "with the use of violence" in his presence.
Latest event
December 16, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 16 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 16 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №5 (SIZO-5) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of a Marxist club in Ufa
Criminal case
The case of a Marxist club in Ufa
- Case number
- 2-8/2025 (2-30/2024; 2-150/2023;)
Other defendants in the case
- Alexei Dmitriev — Imprisoned, 20 years
- Iurii Efimov — Imprisoned, 18 years
- Pavel Matisov — Imprisoned, 22 years
- Dmitrii Chuvilin — Imprisoned
Thematic group: The case of Marxist club in Ufa
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Full summary
A resident of Ufa. In 2014, he fought as a volunteer in one of the battalions of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic.
On March 24, 2022, he was searched and placed in custody. Burkeev was accused of participation in the activities of a terrorist community, preparation for the overthrow of power and attempted extortion or theft of weapons.
The defendants in the case reported the use of violence during transport to the court, as well as the fact that the investigators put pressure in the pre-trial detention centre, forcing to accelerate familiarisation with the case files.
According to "Mediazona," it was Sergei Sapozhnikov who testified against the participants of the circle. He also participated in the work of the circle and is a witness in the case. According to him, the circle was preparing to seize power.
On December 16, 2025, Burkeev was sentenced to a 16-year term in a strict regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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