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Igor Fisiuk

Location unknownChecked October 18, 2026

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.

Verdict July 29, 2025

Upheld October 23, 2025

Charges

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.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict

  3. · Persecution begins

    The "citizen of USSR" case in Chernogorsk

  4. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

Criminal case

The "citizen of USSR" case in Chernogorsk

Case number
1-168/2025

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

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.

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