October 20, 2026, 12:08 PMRSSRU

Oleg Makurin

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Oleg Makurin, born 1975, Moscow. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Oleg Makurin's case”. Sentenced on July 8, 2021. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, July 14, 2021.

In brief

Moscow · Moscow · Manual workers · Terrorism cases

Sentence

Fine

Verdict July 8, 2021

Upheld December 20, 2021

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the indictment, Makurin, no later than 21 December 2019, being in his rented room in Mytishchi, "having formed in himself a firm position on the correctness of the ideology and practice of terrorism, the need to support and imitate them, wishing to give publicity to this position through the use of the information and telecommunications network (hereinafter — ITS) "Internet", decided to commit public justification of terrorism by publishing a record (publication) of a terrorist nature in public access for an unlimited number of persons. Realising this criminal intent and "being aware of the terrorist orientation of the actions" of Zhlobitsky, who committed an explosion in the reception room of the Arkhangelsk FSB, Konev who opened fire in the Khabarovsk FSB and Manyurov who shot outside the FSB building in Moscow, Makurin posted a post on his VKontakte page with the text and two attached videos

Latest event

August 1, 2024 — persecution ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Persecution ends

  2. · Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list

  3. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  4. · Recognised as persecuted on political grounds

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

  5. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict

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

Criminal case

Oleg Makurin's case

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

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A resident of Mytishchi near Moscow. On 13 January 2021, he was taken into custody in a case of public justification of terrorism. On 8 July 2021, Makurin was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles.

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