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Ivan Lyubshin

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

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

Verdict March 4, 2020

Upheld August 19, 2020

Charges

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

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Criminal case opened

  3. · Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)

  4. · Imprisonment begins

  5. · Cassation ruling

    upheld

  6. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

Criminal case

Ivan Lyubshin's case

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Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

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
Sources (2)

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