Vadim Ignashov
Vadim Ignashov, born 1997, Primorsky Krai. Charges: Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “The case of Vadim Ignashov about calls to extremism in Vladivostok”. Sentence (October 11, 2022): 1 year 4 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Primorsky Krai · Vladivostok · Sailors · Anti-war cases, Extremism cases
Sentence
1 year 4 months' deprivation of liberty in a penal colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
Allegedly, he published calls for the physical destruction of Russian servicemen, as well as photo and video materials with killed Russian soldiers and destroyed equipment, encouraged fellow countrymen to record the movements of Russian columns on the territory of the Kherson region and pass this information to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Latest event
November 19, 2025 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Vadim Ignashov about calls to extremism in Vladivostok
Criminal case
The case of Vadim Ignashov about calls to extremism in Vladivostok
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Sailor, citizen of Ukraine. Detained between 27 February and 4 March because of publications in social networks. A video was published online in which a man calling himself Vadym Ignashov admits guilt, apologises, and says that Russia and Ukraine are brotherly nations and that Bandera and Nazis have no place among civilians. On 5 March, he was taken into custody. According to unconfirmed information, in October 2022 he was sentenced to a year and four months in a penal colony, the same year he was allegedly released.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
Other people prosecuted under Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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