Sergey Gusev
Sergey Gusev, born 1974, Moscow. Charges: Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)); “Sergey Gusev's case of incitement to hatred”. Sentence (July 25, 2023): three years' compulsory labor at a state-run work site. Status: location unknown.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Former security officers · Anti-war cases, Extremism cases
Sentence
three years' compulsory labor at a state-run work site
Upheld November 8, 2023
Charges
- Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)
Full wording of the charges
The cause for initiating this case was Gusev's chat message to colleagues, sent over Viber on February 24. The examination found it to contain calls for the use of violence against the Russian military forces.
Latest event
October 7, 2025 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution begins
Sergey Gusev's case of incitement to hatred
Criminal case
Sergey Gusev's case of incitement to hatred
- Case number
- 01-0386/2023
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Former employee of the MVD Forensic Center, an expert in explosives and pyrotechnics. He became a defendant in a case of incitement of hatred because of an anti-war post, in which the examination found calls for the use of violence against the Russian military. On 25 July 2023, he was sentenced to three years of compulsory labor at a state-run work site.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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