Alexei Kungurov
Alexei Kungurov, born 1977, Tyumen Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Alexei Kungurov's case”. Sentence (December 19, 2016): two years' imprisonment in a penal colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, July 17, 2016.
In brief
Tyumen Oblast · Tyumen · Journalists · Terrorism cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
2 years
two years' imprisonment in a penal colony
Upheld March 27, 2017
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
posted on LiveJournal about ISIS.
Latest event
February 14, 2025 — added to the register of “foreign agents”
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, July 17, 2016
Timeline
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Alexei Kungurov's case
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
Alexei Kungurov's case
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Tyumen, journalist and blogger. On 3 of March 2016, he was detained and taken to the FSB department on suspicion of justifying terrorism based on a LiveJournal entry about ISIS and was released on his recognisance not to leave. On 15 of June Kungurov was taken into custody. The trial was closed at the request of the expert who analysed Kungurov's post, as he claimed he had received threats. On 20 of December 2016, Kungurov was sentenced to two years in a penal colony. In March 2018, he was transferred to a general regime colony due to reports from penal colony staff, which led to Kungurov being classified as a "persistent offender". On 15 of June 2018, he was released.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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