Igor Fisiuk
Igor Fisiuk, born 1965, Khakassia. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The "citizen of USSR" case in Chernogorsk”. Sentence (July 29, 2025): Two years of compulsory labour, along with restricted liberty and an indefinite ban on website administration. Status: location unknown.
In brief
Khakassia · NULL · Extremism cases
Sentence
Two years of compulsory labour, along with restricted liberty and an indefinite ban on website administration.
Upheld October 23, 2025
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he was a member of the banned community of "Citizens of the USSR" and promoted its activities: he advertised the organisation in personal conversations and created a community called "People's Committee of the USSR. Krasnoyarsk" on the social networks "Odnoklassniki" and "VKontakte", as well as on the WhatsApp and Telegram messengers, where he posted materials promoting the organisation's ideology. In particular, he promoted the idea of the illegitimacy of the Russian Federation as a state and was aimed at inciting ethnic hatred. In court, it was clarified that Fisiuk informed Internet users about the activities of the banned organization "Citizens of the USSR" on the territory of the Russian Federation, about the non-recognition of the Russian Federation as a state; the illegitimacy of the system of state authorities of the Russian Federation; the illegitimacy of the current legislation of the Russian Federation; the need to create other state authorities and administration, calling for the renunciation of Russian citizenship, refusal to pay taxes, state duties, utility payments, as well as the need to withdraw from the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation.
Latest event
October 23, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution begins
The "citizen of USSR" case in Chernogorsk
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
The "citizen of USSR" case in Chernogorsk
- Case number
- 1-168/2025
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Chernogorsk (Khakassia, a Republic located in southern Siberia). In March 2025, it was reported that a case was brought against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation, relating to his alleged involvement with the "Citizens of the USSR" movement. On 29 July 2025, the court sentenced him to two years of comunity service.
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.