Yaroslav Kobzev
Yaroslav Kobzev, born 1994, Lipetsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparation for a terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)); Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code (Confidential cooperation with foreigners); “Yaroslav Kobzev's case of arson planning”. Sentence (April 10, 2025): 9 years' imprisonment. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since May 14, 2025; place of detention: Prison No. 2, Lipetsk Oblast.
In brief
Lipetsk Oblast · Lipetsk · Construction workers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
9 years
imprisonment
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparation for a terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)
- Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code — Confidential cooperation with foreigners
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was correspondence with an unknown person about the arson of a certain building.
Latest event
April 10, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 9 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 9 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Yaroslav Kobzev's case of arson planning
- Case number
- 1-162/2025
Write a letter
Facility: Prison No. 2, Lipetsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
399783, ул. Пролетарская д. 1Б, Липецкая область, г. Елец, ФКУ «Тюрьма № 2 УФСИН по Липецкой области», Кобзев Ярослав Аркадьевич, 1994 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Lipetsk, a construction worker. A case was opened against him for confidential co-operation with foreigners and preparation to commit a terrorist act. According to his words quoted by Mediazona, he talked to a stranger about an opportunity to earn money, and the latter offered him to set fire to a certain building. Kobzev claims that he refused, but writes that he sent a certain photo to the aforementioned stranger and received a thousand rubles for it. On 10 April 2025, he was sentenced to nine years in a penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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