Igor Ikryanov
Igor Ikryanov, born 1983, Novosibirsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); Article 205.6, Russian Criminal Code (Failure to report an impending or committed serious crime); “The Berdsk resident’s case of public justification of terrorism and failure to report a crime”. Sentence (November 25, 2025): A fine of 500,000 roubles and a two-year ban on publishing materials online. Status: at large.
In brief
Novosibirsk Oblast · Novosibirsk · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases
Sentence
A fine of 500,000 roubles and a two-year ban on publishing materials online
First instance, July 31, 2025: A fine of 360,000 roubles and a two-year ban on publishing materials online
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
- Article 205.6, Russian Criminal Code — Failure to report an impending or committed serious crime
Full wording of the charges
The grounds for opening the case on public justification of terrorism was an approving comment he had posted on Telegram under a news item about the killing of an FSB lieutenant colonel in Bryansk Oblast as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian armed formation. The case on failure to report a crime was opened because, according to investigators, he had communicated on Instagram with an acquaintance who now heads one of the units of the Russian Volunteer Corps, and had “received from him messages and videos containing information about the organisation and participation of a nationalist in the activities of an illegal armed formation directed against the security of the Russian Federation, which he did not report to the investigation”.
Latest event
November 25, 2025 — appeal
The court changed the sentence.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The Berdsk resident’s case of public justification of terrorism and failure to report a crime
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The Berdsk resident’s case of public justification of terrorism and failure to report a crime
- Case number
- 1-135/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Igor is a resident of Novosibirsk. According to a local news portal, he left for Kazakhstan in 2022 after the mobilisation was announced. The FSB believes that he maintained contact with members of a certain Ukrainian terrorist organisation. He later returned to Russia. In November 2024, he was detained in a case concerning the public justification of terrorism and placed in custody. The case was triggered by a comment he had posted under a news item about the killing of FSB Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Shatoy, whose car came under fire in Bryansk Oblast. The Russian Volunteer Corps claimed responsibility for the attack. Later, Ikryanov was placed under house arrest.
In April 2025, it became known that Igor had also been charged with failure to report a crime. According to investigators, he knew that his acquaintance was the head of one of the units of the Russian Volunteer Corps but did not report this to the FSB.
On 31 July 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 360,000 roubles. On 25 November, following an appeal, the court increased the fine to 500,000 roubles.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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