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Artem Golubev

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Artem Golubev, born 2002, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Organization of the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of Artem Golubev”. Sentence (August 31, 2020): 4 years' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large.

In brief

Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Extremism cases, Cases related to mass actions

Sentence

4 years

suspended imprisonment

Verdict August 31, 2020

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

continued the activities of the National Bolshevik Party (NBP), which was recognised as an extremist organisation in 2007. According to the investigation, this activity was expressed, in particular, in the fact that on 25 April 2020 they attacked a monument to Czechoslovak legionnaires in Chelyabinsk, hitting it with a sledgehammer and unfurling a banner "You will answer for Konev!"; participated in an attempt to set fire to the building of the Prosecutor's Office of the Leninsky district of Chelyabinsk

Latest event

December 24, 2024 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list

  2. · Persecution ends

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 4 years

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

  5. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

    Pre-trial Detention Centre №7 (SIZO-7) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation

  6. · Persecution begins

    The case of Artem Golubev

Criminal case

The case of Artem Golubev

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

Thematic group: The case of the Chelyabinsk National Bolshevism supporters (nazbols)

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Detained on 8 June 2020 in front of the Prosecutor's Office of Leninsky District of Chelyabinsk during a rally against police abuse. On 10 June he was taken into custody by court decision on charges of organising activities of an extremist organisation.

An operational experiment was conducted against Golubev, as well as Prosvirnin and Kryshka, who were detained with him, with the participation of, according to the unregistered "Other Russia", an embedded officer of the Central Investigative Committee. They were detained near the building of the Prosecutor's Office of the Leninsky District of Chelyabinsk while "attempting to set fire to the building". The investigation calls the bottles with incendiary mixture and "NBP armbands" found at the scene as evidence of their intention to set fire to the building. Two other people were detained together with them, who are listed in the case under changed surnames.

On 1 September he was sentenced to four years' suspended sentence.

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