Elnar Efimov
Elnar Efimov, born 1995, Tatarstan. Charges: Article 212 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement to mass riots); Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “Elnar Efimov case”. Sentence (August 4, 2021): One and a half years imprisonment in a penal colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Tatarstan · Kazan · Extremism cases, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
1 year 6 months
One and a half years imprisonment in a penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 212 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement to mass riots
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, Elnar Efimov was"inciting" young people in Telegram social media to fight with police officers and the National Guard officers during protest actions, and also taught them in Telegram chats to prepare Molotov cocktails, to think over the tactics of clashes with law enforcement officers, and to maintain secrecy.
Latest event
November 17, 2025 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· Imprisonment ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 1 year 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Elnar Efimov case
Criminal case
Elnar Efimov case
Thematic group: Palace case; The Kazan case on calls for extremism
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Kazan. He was detained in February 2021 in connection with the case on incitement to mass riots related to the rallies in support of Alexei Navalny, taken into custody. On August 5, 2021, Efimov was sentenced to one and a half years in a penal colony. On December 30, of the same year, he was released.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 212 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.