Ivan Lyubshin
Ivan Lyubshin, born 1982, Kaluga Oblast. Charges: Article 314.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code. Previously convicted under Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, August 11, 2020; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, July 12, 2020.
In brief
Kaluga Oblast · Kaluga · Office workers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
5 years 2 months
imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld August 19, 2020
Charges
- Article 314.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Assisting to or financing terrorist activities through an official position
Full wording of the charges
using the personal account "Ivan Lyubshin" in the social media "Vkontakte" <...>, with the purpose of creating conditions and environment for undermining the public order established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal legislation and other normative acts, wishing to change the worldview of citizens regarding the terrorist act committed on October 31, 2018, in the building of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Arkhangelsk region, posted <...> materials containing informational messages about the explosion on 31.10.2018 in the building of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Arkhangelsk region...> materials containing information messages about the explosion on 31.10.2018 in the building of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Arkhangelsk region, accompanying them with the comments "A 17-year-old boy brought a bomb to the building of the Arkhangelsk Federal Security Service. He died. He is a hero!" and "Man of the day, man of the week (at least) is the 17-year-old Mikhail who blew up the Arkhangelsk FSB building on October 31", which according to the conclusion of the complex psychological and linguistic research №525 dated March 27, 2019 have signs of justification of the act of a 17-year-old boy named Mikhail, who blew up an improvised explosive device in the building of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Arkhangelsk region on October 31, 2018, the actions of which have been qualified as a terrorist act.
Latest event
May 15, 2026 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre, August 11, 2020
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners, July 12, 2020
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial Human Rights Centre
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Criminal case opened
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Imprisonment begins
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Kaluga Oblast
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 2 months
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Preventive measure: house arrest
· Persecution begins
Ivan Lyubshin's case
Criminal case
Ivan Lyubshin's case
Details and sources
Full summary
On October 15, 2019, he was detained at a bus stop. Lyubshin's father claims that his son was beaten, taken to a forest clearing, where a stun gun was used on him, after which he was taken to the Investigative Committee. His lawyer called an ambulance, the doctors reported that there were haematomas on Lyubshin's body. On October 17, the court decided to place Lyubshin under house arrest on charges of justifying terrorism. On December 25, he was released on his own recognizance.
On March 5, 2020, he was sentenced to five years and two months in a general regime colony.
In September 2023, after another placement in the SHIZO, Lyubshin was transferred to a cell-type facility (CCF).
In March 2025 Lyubshin was released.
In November 2017, Lyubshin was sentenced to a fine of 400,000 rubles under articles on incitement to hatred and rehabilitation of Nazism. Lyubshin was also accused of distributing pornography, but on this article the court acquitted him. In March 2019, in connection with the partial decriminalization of Article 282 of the Criminal Code, Lyubshin was exempted from paying 200 thousand rubles.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- travel ban (written undertaking)
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.