Ogneslav Raikh
Ogneslav Raikh, born 2004, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Ogneslav Raikh’s case of justification of terrorism”. Sentence (September 8, 2025): A fine of 350 thousand rubles. Status: at large.
In brief
Chelyabinsk Oblast · Kopeysk · Manual workers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
A fine of 350 thousand rubles
No information about an appeal ruling.
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
According to the prosecution, on 16 May 2024, Raikh posted the following comment from the account “Ogneslav” in the comments section of one of the Telegram channels dedicated to the memory of the neo-Nazi Dmitry Borovikov: “He communicates like an offended or maybe even downgraded convict, although if he is in the RVC, he should act with the dignity of a warrior. Because over there in the FSB everyone is like that. I’m joking, of course, I’m just a troll.” In his testimony, Raikh explained that he had made the comment in response to the aggression of an unknown user against him. The latter wrote that he was from the RVC. The prosecution considered the comment to be an endorsement of the activities of the corps, which the Russian authorities have declared a terrorist organisation.
Latest event
March 1, 2026 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Ogneslav Raikh’s case of justification of terrorism
Criminal case
Ogneslav Raikh’s case of justification of terrorism
- Case number
- 2-287/2025
Details and sources
Full summary
He is a resident of Kopeysk and an assembler at Polikhimaero – a company that produces soap, detergents, cleaning and polishing agents. In December 2024, charges of justification of terrorism were brought against him for a comment about the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) that he posted in May of the same year in one of the Telegram channels dedicated to the memory of the neo-Nazi Dmitry Borovikov. Raikh wrote: “He communicates like an offended or maybe even downgraded convict, although if he is in the RVC, he should act with the dignity of a warrior. Because over there in the FSB everyone is like that. I’m joking, of course, I’m just a troll.” On 8 September 2025, the court sentenced him to a fine of 350 thousand rubles.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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