Nikolai Lavrentev
Nikolai Lavrentev, born 1988, Zabaykalsky Krai. Charges: Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “Zabaykalsky Krai resident's case of involvement in Artpodgotovka”. Sentence (June 10, 2025): 11 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 2, 2025; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Zabaykalsky Krai.
In brief
Sentence
11 years
imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Upheld October 2, 2025
Charges
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in 2022 he joined Artpodgotovka movement and "on the instructions of his foreign curators conducted psychological actions on the Internet", in which he distributed materials discrediting the actions of the Russian army and authorities in connection with the war in Ukraine, as well as called for a violent change of the constitutional order.
Latest event
October 31, 2025 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Zabaikalsky Krai
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 11 years
· Persecution begins
Zabaykalsky Krai resident's case of involvement in Artpodgotovka
Criminal case
Zabaykalsky Krai resident's case of involvement in Artpodgotovka
Thematic group: Anti-war case
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Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Zabaykalsky Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
672010, Забайкальский край, г. Чита, ул. Ингодинская, 1, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Забайкальскому краю, Лаврентьев Николай Вячеславович, 1988 г.р.
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Full summary
A resident of Zabaykalsky Krai. In July 2024 it became known that a case was initiated against him for participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation. According to the investigation, he was associated with the Artpodgotovka movement and distributed materials discrediting the Russian army and authorities in connection with the war in Ukraine, as well as calling for a violent change of the constitutional order. Later it became known that he was also accused of incitement to terrorism. On 11 June 2025, Lavrentev was sentenced to 11 years in a strict regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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