Denis Eroshin
Denis Eroshin, born 2003, Moscow. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “Denis Eroshin's case of public justification of terrorism”. Sentence (March 7, 2025): 3 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 14, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Moscow Oblast.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Students · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
3 years 6 months
3 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld June 4, 2025
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
Yeroshin was accused of posting messages in an anti-war Telegram chat on September 22, 2022. That day, a user named Denis reposted various announcements of protests against mobilization, including a post from the "Navalny Team" channel, where, next to an image of a hand holding a Molotov cocktail, it was written: "We support any form of protest."
Latest event
June 4, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Denis Eroshin's case of public justification of terrorism
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Denis Eroshin's case of public justification of terrorism
Thematic group: Anti-war case
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Facility: Penal colony No. 6, Moscow Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
140405 Московская область, г. Коломна, мкр. Колычево, Колычевский проезд д. 6, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН по Московской области», Ерошин Денис Сергеевич, 2003 г.р.
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Full summary
A student from Moscow. On 14 March, 2024, he was detained and taken into custody the next day in a case of public justification of terrorism due to the announcements of actions against the mobilisation. Later it became known that he was also accused of incitements to extremism. On 7 March, 2025, Eroshin was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime penal colony.
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