Ruslan Karabalin
Ruslan Karabalin, born 1994, Primorsky Krai. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Ruslan Karabalin's case on calls for terrorism”. Sentence (April 16, 2025): 6 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general-regime colony, with a ban on engaging in activities related to the public… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since May 6, 2025; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Primorsky Krai.
In brief
Primorsky Krai · Vladivostok · Entrepreneurs · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases
Sentence
6 years 6 months
imprisonment in a general-regime colony, with a ban on engaging in activities related to the public posting of appeals and other materials in public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 4 years 6 months.
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in order to disseminate his personal beliefs about the need for a violent change of state power in the Russian Federation, he posted in a publicly accessible Internet chat room several public messages containing calls to change the regime of government and state power in the Russian Federation by inciting civil war or carrying out a military coup, as well as justifying the terrorist act committed by Trepova D.E. in April 2023, which resulted in the death of a military correspondent and injury to other 85 people.
Latest event
May 6, 2025 — imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Primorsky Territory
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Ruslan Karabalin's case on calls for terrorism
Criminal case
Ruslan Karabalin's case on calls for terrorism
Thematic group: Anti-war case
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Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Primorsky Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
690106, Приморский край, г. Владивосток, Партизанский проспект, 28 «б», ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Приморскому краю, Карабалин Руслан Рамилевич, 1994 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Vladivostok. A case was initiated against him for public incitement to terrorism due to his approval of the killing of the war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky and public incitement "for a change of the regime and state power in the Russian Federation by inciting civil war or carrying out a military coup." On April 17, 2025, Karabalin was sentenced to six and a half year's imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.
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- Citizenship
- Russia
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