Artem Fokin
Artem Fokin, born 1992, Samara Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being…); “Artem Fokin's case of organising the activities of an extremist community and evading performing the obligations of a "foreign agent"”. Sentence (March 6, 2026): Fine in the amount of 450 thousand rubles, a 3-year ban on administering internet pages. Status: at large.
In brief
Samara Oblast · Samara · NGO staff · Extremism cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
Fine in the amount of 450 thousand rubles, a 3-year ban on administering internet pages
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Organization of the activities of an extremist organization
- Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being persecuted for an administrative offence
Latest event
March 6, 2026 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Artem Fokin's case of organising the activities of an extremist community and evading performing the obligations of a "foreign agent"
Criminal case
Artem Fokin's case of organising the activities of an extremist community and evading performing the obligations of a "foreign agent"
- Case number
- 1-19/2026 (1-215/2025;)
Details and sources
Full summary
President of the LGBTQ+ organisation "Irida". On May 29th 2024, Fokin's home was searched, as initially reported, as part of a case on the activities of an extremist community, and he was detained. Later it became known that he was accused of organising the activities of an extremist organisation (namely, the "International LGBT Movement") and evading the duties of a "foreign agent" (he is listed in that register as a member of "Irida"). Fokin was placed under house arrest. The case came to court in March 2025. On 6thy of March 2026, Fokin was sentenced to a fine of 450 thousand roubles.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.