Oleg Novopashin
Oleg Novopashin, 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 colony. Status: at large.
In brief
Sverdlovsk Oblast · Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Tagil · Extremism cases
Sentence
2 years
imprisonment in a general regime 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 investigation, from the summer of 2019 to the spring of 2020, Novopashin distributed propaganda materials and held meetings at which 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
- Alexandr Maurin — At large, 2 years
- Aleksei Makhlanov — At large, 2 years
- Sergei Chibikov — At large, 2 years
Details and sources
Full summary
Novopashin is a resident of the Sverdlovsk region. He was accused of participating in the activities of an extremist organization. The investigation believed that he was involved in the movement of "citizens of the USSR". Representatives of this movement deny the collapse of the USSR; how structured this movement is and how serious a threat it poses to Russian society is unclear. Novopashin was issued a travel ban. 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.