Unknown male 520
Unknown male 520, Irkutsk Oblast. Charges: Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “The case of a resident of the Irkutsk region for calls for extremism”. Sentence (August 4, 2025): A sentence of 1 year and 6 months of community work, along with a 2-year prohibition on engaging in activities involving… Status: at large.
In brief
Irkutsk Oblast · Irkutsk · Former security officers · Anti-war cases, Extremism cases
Sentence
A sentence of 1 year and 6 months of community work, along with a 2-year prohibition on engaging in activities involving the public posting of appeals or other materials on public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet.
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he “was aware of the public danger and unlawfulness of his actions, foresaw the possibility of socially dangerous consequences in the form of a violation of the foundations of the constitutional order and the security of the state and wished for them to occur. Acting out of motives of hatred and enmity towards the social group ‘participants of the SVO’, and knowingly and reliably aware that the information he posted would be accessible for public viewing and discussion by an unlimited number of people, he violated part 2 of article 19 and article 29 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, as well as articles 1 and 15 of Federal Law No. 114-FZ of 25 July 2002 ‘On Counteracting Extremist Activity’. Using an iPhone 7 mobile phone, IMEI: [number], connected to the Internet, and his personal page No. [number] on the social network VKontakte (https://vk.com), publicly accessible to an unlimited number of users in the Internet group […], under a post reading: ‘IN CRIMEA, THE FIRST MONUMENT TO THOSE KILLED DURING THE SPECIAL OPERATION HAS BEEN UNVEILED’, published on [date], he typed and posted the comment: ‘Death to the occupants!’, which contained a call for violent actions (killing) against the social group ‘Russian participants of the SVO’.”
Latest event
August 4, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Criminal case
The case of a resident of the Irkutsk region for calls for extremism
- Case number
- 1-284/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Irkutsk, a former employee of the Federal Penitentiary Service and the Russian Federal Guard. He was prosecuted for calls to extremism because of his comment "Death to the occupants!" under the news about the opening of a monument to the participants of the war in Crimea. On 4 August 2025, the Irkutsk resident was sentenced to one and a half years of forced labour.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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