Petr Krasko
Petr Krasko, born 1979, Moscow. Charges: Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the…); “Case of Petr Krasko of joining " the Freedom of Russia legion""”. Sentenced on April 2, 2025. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since July 24, 2024; place of detention: Prison No. 2, Lipetsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 14, 2026.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow
Sentence
8 years 6 months
Imprisonment (strict regime), Restriction of liberty
Upheld November 24, 2025
Charges
- Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in armed groups against the interests of the Russian Federation including in the territory of a foreign state
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he published information online about "joining the Freedom of Russia legion".
Latest event
May 14, 2026 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, May 14, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Case of Petr Krasko of joining " the Freedom of Russia legion""
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
Case of Petr Krasko of joining " the Freedom of Russia legion""
- Case number
- 01-0098/2025
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», Красько Петр Евгеньевич, 1979 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Moscow. Detained on 24 July 2024 and taken into custody the next day on charges of participation in an illegal armed formation. Presumably, he is also being prosecuted in a theft case.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 208 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.