Ilia Iliunin
Ilia Iliunin, born 1998, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Charges: Article 280.3 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries…); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in Sarov”. Sentence (December 23, 2024): 4 years and 6 months of suspended imprisonment. Status: at large.
In brief
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast · Sarov · Anti-war cases, Extremism cases
Sentence
4 years 6 months
4 years and 6 months of suspended imprisonment
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 280.3 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries resulting in serious consequences
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, “from September 2023 to March 2024, he repeatedly defaced an information banner calling for service in the zone of the special military operation on one of the houses on Muzrukov Street”, and also posted “extremist materials” on social media and in the form of leaflets on the building of a shopping centre.
Latest event
January 10, 2025 — imprisonment begins
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 4 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in Sarov
Criminal case
The case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces and participation in the activities of an extremist organisation in Sarov
- Case number
- 1-192/2024
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
He is a resident of Sarov (the Nizhny Novgorod region). A case was initiated against him for participation in the activities of an extremist organisation (presumably Navalny’s structures) and four counts of discrediting the Armed Forces with causing damage. The Sarov resident was under house arrest at the time. In October 2024, the case went to court. On 23 December 2024, Iliunin was given a suspended sentence of four and a half years.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 280.3 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.