Andrei Kushnerev
Andrei Kushnerev, born 2002, Smolensk Oblast. Charges: Article 148 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (An attempt at a public insult of religious feelings); “The case of the burning of a Bible”. Sentence (July 1, 2025): 90 hours of community service. Status: at large.
In brief
Smolensk Oblast · NULL · Students
Sentence
90 hours of community service
First instance, April 24, 2025: 100 hours of community service
Charges
- Article 148 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — An attempt at a public insult of religious feelings
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he set fire to a Bible and filmed the burning process on a mobile phone camera.
Latest event
May 5, 2026 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution begins
The case of the burning of a Bible
Criminal case
The case of the burning of a Bible
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Dorogobuzh (Smolensk Oblast). On 11 February 2024, he was detained for an action involving the burning of a Bible, which was filmed on video. A report was drawn up against Kushnerev for disobedience to a lawful order by a police officer (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) — according to the report, he refused to provide his personal information, resisted being taken to the police station, struggled, and attempted to flee. On 13 February, the court sentenced him to 10 days of administrative arrest. Later, a criminal case was opened against Kushnerev for attempted offence of the religious feelings of believers. According to him, a forensic psychological and psychiatric examination conducted at the request of the investigator "preliminarily diagnosed him with a psychiatric disorder". On 24 April 2025, Kushnerev was sentenced to 100 hours of compulsory labour.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- travel ban (written undertaking)