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Vyacheslav Lukichev

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Vyacheslav Lukichev, born 1994, Kaliningrad Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “The case of Vyacheslav Lukichev”. Sentence (March 13, 2019): a fine of three hundred thousand roubles. Status: at large.

In brief

Kaliningrad Oblast · Kaliningrad · Terrorism cases

Sentence

a fine of three hundred thousand roubles

Verdict March 13, 2019

Upheld June 25, 2019

Charges

Full wording of the charges

published an entry justifying the terrorist act in Arkhangelsk and containing "linguistic and psychological signs of justification of the ideology and practice of terrorism, forming the conviction that it is permissible to carry out a terrorist act to achieve the socio-political goals of anarchism".

Latest event

September 17, 2020 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list

  2. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

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

  4. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict

  5. · Persecution ends

  6. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

    Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kaliningrad Oblast

Criminal case

The case of Vyacheslav Lukichev

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

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Detained on 4 November 2018. Accused of justifying terrorism in connection with a publication in the Prometheus Telegram channel. Lukichyov's support group claims that he was subjected to torture and pressure from the FSB officers, who beat him and did not let him sleep for 36 hours, during which there was continuous interrogation. On 6 November, the court decided to take him into custody. On 14 March 2019, Lukichev was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles and released in the courtroom.

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