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Andrey Klimashev

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Andrey Klimashev, born 1998, Moscow. Charges: Article 318 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Use of non-dangerous violence against a government official); “Andrei Klimashev's case of violence against police officers at the rally on 23 January 2021”. Sentence (May 24, 2023): 5 years and 6 months' deprivation of liberty with time served in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large.

In brief

Moscow · Moscow · Unemployed · Cases related to mass actions

Sentence

5 years 6 months

5 years and 6 months' deprivation of liberty with time served in a general regime penal colony

Verdict May 24, 2023

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, at a rally in the winter of 2021, he kicked one policeman and sprayed two others with a gas canister

Latest event

May 24, 2023 — first-instance verdict

The court delivered a guilty verdict: 5 years 6 months.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 5 years 6 months

  2. · Persecution begins

    Andrei Klimashev's case of violence against police officers at the rally on 23 January 2021

Criminal case

Andrei Klimashev's case of violence against police officers at the rally on 23 January 2021

Case number
01-0164/2023

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

Thematic group: Palace case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Житель Москвы. 30 марта 2022 года его задержали и возбудили против него дело о применении насилия к полицейским во время разгона акции в поддержку Алексея Навального в январе 2021 года. В апреле Климашева поместили под стражу. 24 мая 2023 года его приговорили к пяти с половиной годам колонии общего режима.

По информации «Медиазоны», в июле 2024 года Климашев заключил контракт с Минобороны и отправился в Украину. По официальным данным, он погиб 25 мая 2025 года.

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