Nikita Oleynik
Nikita Oleynik, born 1995, Tyumen Oblast. Charges: Article 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparation for a terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)); Article 205.4 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Creation of a terrorist community); Article 222.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage, transportation, shipment, or carrying of explosives or…); “The case of Nikita Oleinik, Deniz Aydin, Yuri Neznamov and Daniil Chertykov”. Status: imprisoned.
In brief
Tyumen Oblast · Tyumen · NGO staff · Terrorism cases
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Charges
- Article 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparation for a terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)
- Article 205.4 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Creation of a terrorist community
- Article 222.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage, transportation, shipment, or carrying of explosives or explosive devices committed by an organized group of people
- Article 223.1 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal manufacture of explosives, committed by an organized group
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he was the creator and leader of a terrorist organization that was planning to overthrow the government and carry out terrorist attacks on the railway routes transporting Russian military equipment.
Latest event
March 17, 2025 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Tyumen Oblast
· Persecution begins
The case of Nikita Oleinik, Deniz Aydin, Yuri Neznamov and Daniil Chertykov
Criminal case
The case of Nikita Oleinik, Deniz Aydin, Yuri Neznamov and Daniil Chertykov
Other defendants in the case
- Yuri Neznamov — Imprisoned
- Danil Chertykov — Imprisoned
Thematic group: The Ural anti-fascists case
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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
620024, Свердловская область, г. Екатеринбург, ул. Елизаветинское шоссе, д. 19, ФКУ СИЗО-5 ГУФСИН России по Свердловской области, Олейник Никита Витальевич, 1995 г.р.
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Full summary
A Surgut resident, an anti-fascist and a creator of the libertarian library "Burevestnik". He was detained on the night of 1 September 2022. Oleinik reported that he was tortured and forced to falsely confess. A case of creating a terrorist oraganization was opened against him. After Oleinik refused to confess, he was transferred to another detention centre — the defence did not rule out that he could be tortured there again. In March 2023, Oleynik was charged with preparation of a terrorist act, and in December 2023 — with manufacturing and possession of explosives. According to the investigation, he and several other anti-fascists from the cities of the Ural region were planning to overthrow the government and were preparing terrorist acts that would supposedly take place on the railway routes transporting Russian military equipment.
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- Citizenship
- Russia
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