Viacheslav Feshchenkov
- Criminal Code
- Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Extremism casesCases against Navalny/ACF supporters
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2025-10-23
- Region
- Kaliningrad Oblast
- City
- Kaliningrad
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 25 November 2025
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Case summary
A resident of Kaliningrad, an employee of a building materials shop. In June 2025 he was detained on charges of financing extremist activities in connection with donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. Presumably, he was placed in custody. On October 23, 2025, Feshchenkov was sentenced to a six-month general regime colony. Presumably, he was released on 13 November 2025.
Others charged under Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
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