Aleksei Petrov
Aleksei Petrov, born 1972, Kamchatka Krai. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Aleksei Petrov's case on calls to terrorism”. Status: imprisoned. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 3, 2025.
In brief
Kamchatka Krai · Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky · Terrorism cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Preventive measure: pre-trial detention since January 8, 2025
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was a comment published in August 2020 suggesting that the "Kremlin's Kashchei" should be administered a COVID vaccine.
Latest event
June 3, 2025 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, June 3, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· 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 Kamchatsky Krai
· Persecution begins
Aleksei Petrov's case on calls to terrorism
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
Criminal case
Aleksei Petrov's case on calls to terrorism
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Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
683015 г. Петропавловск-Камчатский ул. Строительная 125, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Камчатскому краю, Петров Алексей Викторович, 1972 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Petrov had worked with regional politicians. According to the "Kamchatka Life" publication, from 2020 to 2024 he lived in Moscow, where he was employed as a technical specialist by some company. A criminal case was opened against him for calls to terrorism over his comment from August 2020, in which he suggested giving a Covid vaccine to the "Kremlin's Kashchei" in the hopes that the virus would take him away. On 8 January 2025, Petrov was taken into custody. In October 2025, Telegram channel "Astra" reported that Petrov was also charged with high treason.
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- Citizenship
- Russia
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