Andrei Petrauskas
Andrei Petrauskas, born 1998, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Charges: Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism, or justification of terrorism); “Andrej Petrauskas case on public justification of terrorism”, opened on August 1, 2024. Sentence (November 14, 2024): 2 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony; taking into account the previous sentence, 9 years'…; previously convicted under Article 205 part 1, Russian Criminal Code. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since January 1, 2023; place of detention: Prison, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 12, 2024.
In brief
Krasnoyarsk Krai · Krasnoyarsk · Manual workers · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases
Sentence
2 years 6 months
deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony; taking into account the previous sentence, 9 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Other verdicts
- August 16, 2023 — 10 years' imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony
Charges
- Article 205 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Terrorist attack
- Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism, or justification of terrorism
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was a conversation with prisoners from Ukraine about the legion "Freedom of Russia".
Latest event
November 14, 2024 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 2 years 6 months.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, June 12, 2024
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Krasnoyarsk Krai
· Criminal case opened
Andrej Petrauskas case on public justification of terrorism
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 10 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Andrei Petrauskas' case of an arson attack on a military recruitment centre in Krasnoyarsk
Criminal case
Andrei Petrauskas' case of an arson attack on a military recruitment centre in Krasnoyarsk
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Andrej Petrauskas case on public justification of terrorism
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Prison, Krasnoyarsk Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
662606, ул. Горького д. 114 Тюрьма, Красноярский край, г. Минусинск, ФКУ «Тюрьма ГУФСИН России по Красноярскому краю», Петраускас Андрей Вадимович, 1998 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Krasnoyarsk. Supposedly a supporter of the "Artpodgotovka" movement. Detained in October 2022 on suspicion of arson at a military recruitment centre. During interrogation, according to the Baza Telegram channel, Petrauskas stated that he wanted to do a good deed for society. He was taken into custody. Initially, the case was opened under the article on attempted terrorist act, but later the arson was considered a completed act. On 16 August 2023 Petrauskas was sentenced to 10 years in prison. In August 2024, it became known that the convict was prosecuted under the article on public justification of terrorism because of a conversation with prisoners from Ukraine about the Russian Freedom Legion. On 14 November 2024, Petrauskas was sentenced on this case to two and a half years; the total term, taking into account the unexecuted part of the sentence from the previous conviction, was nine years.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 205 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.