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Valentin Kiselev

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Valentin Kiselev, born 1968, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Valentin Kiselev's case of public justification of terrorism”. Sentence (March 15, 2024): A fine of 600,000 roubles. To be reduced to 400,000 roubles, taking into account the time spent in custody and the… Status: at large.

In brief

Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Entrepreneurs · Terrorism cases

Sentence

A fine of 600,000 roubles. To be reduced to 400,000 roubles, taking into account the time spent in custody and the prohibition of certain actions.

Verdict March 15, 2024

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

The reason for the case was a comment in the public community "Podsuslushano Tikhvin" on the social media platform "VKontakte", saying "There will be a good sniper to finish off this louse that is sucking the blood of the people".

Latest event

May 15, 2024 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict

  3. · Persecution begins

    Valentin Kiselev's case of public justification of terrorism

Criminal case

Valentin Kiselev's case of public justification of terrorism

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A resident of St. Petersburg. A criminal case was opened against him for public justification of terrorism because of wishing a violent death to Putin. First, Kiselev was in custody, then he was elected a measure of restraint in the form of a ban on certain actions. On 15 March 2024, he was sentenced to a fine of 600 thousand rubles, but the amount was reduced to 400 thousand taking into account the time spent in custody.

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