Vasily Korostil
Vasily Korostil, born 1968, Tyumen Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Case of "USSR Citizens" in the Tyumen region”. Sentenced on October 30, 2023. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 4, 2026.
In brief
Tyumen Oblast · Tyumen · Entrepreneurs, Construction workers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
Imprisonment (general regime)
Upheld March 4, 2026
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, being active supporters of the idea that the Russian Federation should cease to exist illegally, he participated in a public movement aimed at reviving the former USSR state on the territory of Russia and disseminated information about it on the Internet; wishing to violently overthrow the State power in the Russian Federation, he became a member of an organised group whose goal was to forcibly seize State power and forcibly change the constitutional system in the Russian Federation by self-proclaimed USSR authorities.
Latest event
March 4, 2026 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Case of "USSR Citizens" in the Tyumen region
Other defendants in the case
- Elvira Abdullina — Imprisoned
- Vladimir Ignatov — Imprisoned
- Pavel Kalitaev — At large
- Larisa Pashnina — Imprisoned
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Full summary
A resident of the Tyumen Region. A case of calls to terrorism was brought against him due to his involvement in the movement of "citizens of the USSR". On 30 October 2023, Korostil was sentenced to imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, the exact term is unknown.
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.