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Andrey Knyazev

Location unknownChecked October 18, 2026

Andrey Knyazev, Omsk Oblast. Charges: Article 280.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for activities against state security (by a group, using official position, mass media…); “Omsk man case on calling to actions compromising RF national security”. Sentenced on July 12, 2024. Status: location unknown.

In brief

Omsk Oblast · Omsk

Sentence

Verdict July 12, 2024

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, he published calls for mobilised people to defect to the AFU.

Latest event

July 12, 2024 — first-instance verdict

The court issued a ruling.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · First-instance verdict

  2. · Persecution begins

    Omsk man case on calling to actions compromising RF national security

Criminal case

Omsk man case on calling to actions compromising RF national security

Case number
1-459/2024

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

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Resident of Omsk. The FSB claims that he planned to come to Ukraine and fight against the Russian army. Information on how to cross the border was allegedly given to him by a "coordinator of a paramilitary Ukrainian organisation". In December 2023, it became known that the man was detained in the case of calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation. Supposedly, he was sentenced on 12 July 2024, the details are unknown.

All fields of the record
Citizenship
Russia

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