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Unknown male 520

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

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.

Verdict August 4, 2025

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

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.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Criminal case

The case of a resident of the Irkutsk region for calls for extremism

Case number
1-284/2025

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

Thematic group: Anti-war case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

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.

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Citizenship
Russia

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