October 20, 2026, 12:42 PMRSSRU

Andrei Masalsky

DeceasedChecked October 18, 2026

Andrei Masalsky, born 1956, Bashkortostan. 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)); “Andrei Masalsky's case of calls to extremism and terrorism”. Status: deceased.

In brief

Bashkortostan · Ufa · Artists · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases related to mass actions

Sentence

Fine

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, on 2 and 11 October 2020, he spoke harshly about the actions of the police dispersing protest marches in Khabarovsk and called on demonstrators to beat police officers; in particular, mentioning that "Puk" had given police officers "the right of death penalty without trial". In addition, on 15 October, noting that while the people are impoverished, the president "pays Sechin 5 million a day," wrote: "Shoot ... Putin and Sechin", thus realising "a criminal intent aimed at calling on an unlimited number of people to commit an attack on the life of the President of the Russian Federation in order to stop his state and other political activities". In addition, on 31 October, commenting on the terrorist attack in Nice, in foul language called for "banning [the Muslim religion] as well all other religions." On 3 November, referring to the terrorist attack in Vienna, he wrote that it was necessary to "expel them [Asians and Africans] to their wild countries" - these two posts were regarded as the implementation of "criminal intent aimed at calling on an unlimited number of people to destroy Muslims and violence against representatives of certain immigrant nationalities".

Latest event

October 4, 2024 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list

  2. · Persecution ends

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

  4. · Persecution begins

    Andrei Masalsky's case of calls to extremism and terrorism

Criminal case

Andrei Masalsky's case of calls to extremism and terrorism

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Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Resident of Ufa, bard. In January 2022, he was searched as part of a case on calls to extremism and terrorism because of his aggressive statements about Putin and Sechin, as well as about Muslims. In May 2023, he was sentenced to a fine of 300,000 rubles. Masalsky died on 26 August 2023. He was removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list only on 4 October 2024.

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