Leonid Klepov
Leonid Klepov, born 1995, Tver Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Leonid Klepov's case of public justification of terrorism”. Sentence (October 1, 2024): 2 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, with a 2 year ban on engaging in activities related to… Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, July 8, 2025.
In brief
Sentence
2 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, with a 2 year ban on engaging in activities related to administering websites and channels in electronic and information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet.
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, on June 1, 2023, he posted comments in a Telegram chat expressing approval of the activities of the Freedom of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps.
Latest event
April 22, 2026 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, July 8, 2025
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Leonid Klepov's case of public justification of terrorism
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Tver Oblast
Criminal case
Leonid Klepov's case of public justification of terrorism
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of the Tver region. On 23 April 2024, he was detained and then taken into custody on charges of public justification of terrorism because of two comments endorsing the activities of the Freedom of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps. It is not clear from the text of the court decision the exact content of Klepov's comments; it mentions the RDK raids in the Bryansk region on 2 March 2023 and in the Belgorod region on 22 May 2023, qualified as terrorist attacks, but it is not explicitly stated that he endorsed these actions, only that he was aware of them. On 1 October 2024, Klepov was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. He was released in April 2026.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.