Alexandr Maurin
Alexandr Maurin, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of "Citizens of the USSR" in the Sverdlovsk region”. Sentence (August 14, 2024): 2 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Sverdlovsk Oblast · Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Tagil · Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld July 4, 2025
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, from the summer of 2019 to the spring of 2020, he spread propaganda materials and conducted meetings where he discredited the Russian authorities.
Latest event
March 4, 2026 — imprisonment ends
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
The case of "Citizens of the USSR" in the Sverdlovsk region
Criminal case
The case of "Citizens of the USSR" in the Sverdlovsk region
Other defendants in the case
- Pyotr Afanasenko — Imprisoned, 6 years
- Aleksandr Bersenev — At large, 2 years
- Svetlana Gorina — At large, 6 years
- Nadezhda Dubina — At large, 2 years
- Dmitrii Koval — At large, 2 years
- Valerii Kriukov — At large, 2 years
- Liudmila Larionova — At large, 2 years
- Aleksei Makhlanov — At large, 2 years
- Oleg Novopashin — At large, 2 years
- Sergei Chibikov — At large, 2 years
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of the Sverdlovsk region. He was accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organisation: the investigation believed that he was involved in the movement of "citizens of the USSR". Members of this movement deny the dissolution of the USSR; it is not clear how structured this movement is or how serious a threat it poses to Russian society. Maurin was placed under recognizance not to leave the country. On 14 August 2024, he was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. Presumably, he was released in March 2026.
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.