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Viktor Loginov

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Viktor Loginov, born 1970. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “Case of Viktor Loginov on calling for extremism and terrorism”. Sentence (July 17, 2024): 7 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, ban on administration of Internet sites for 5 years, release… Status: at large.

In brief

Unemployed · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases

Sentence

7 years

deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony, ban on administration of Internet sites for 5 years, release from the main penalty of deprivation of liberty due to illness

Verdict July 17, 2024

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, "at around 19:00 on 24 August 2021, <...> posted a video on his page in the social network with the caption "19 September - ELECTIONS! What to do????", beginning with the words "Gentlemen...", ending with the words "...morality", accompanying it with a comment with pictograms showing support and solidarity for the content of the video. The video contained public calls for aggressive, hostile or violent actions to disrupt the elections. At about 5 o'clock on 23 September 2022, he posted a material with the text beginning with the words "Ok, Russians...", ending with the words "...so thought" with a video recording on a freeze frame of the speech of the President of the Russian Federation, accompanying it with his text commentary showing support for the content of the material. The material contained public calls to commit an offence under Article 277 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. At around 8 o'clock on 13 November 2022 and 1 o'clock on 3 January 2024, acting with a single intent, he also posted a text representing an image of a rat on the background of the Star of David with a commentary inscription. From the point of view of the linguistic and psychological qualification of the statements, this material contained public calls to carry out extremist activity — incitement to carry out aggressive, hostile or violent actions towards representatives of Jewish nationality".

Latest event

August 2, 2024 — persecution ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Persecution ends

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 7 years

  3. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

Criminal case

Case of Viktor Loginov on calling for extremism and terrorism

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Resident of Petrozavodsk. Has a group I disability. In April 2023, he was included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring. Later it became known that a case was brought against him for calls to extremism and terrorism. On 17 July 2024, Loginov was sentenced to seven years in a general regime colony, but was released due to illness.

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