Andrei Rossiev
Andrei Rossiev, born 1980, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)); “Andrey Rossiyev's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces and inciting hatred in Kstovo”, opened on October 24, 2022. Sentenced on November 7, 2024; previously convicted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code; Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code. Status: at large.
In brief
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast · Kstovo · Manual workers · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases, Extremism cases
Sentence
7 years
Ban on activity, Suspended prison sentence
No information about an appeal ruling.
Other verdicts
- August 23, 2022 — a fine of 300 thousand roubles
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries (based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on grounds of hatred or enmity in relation to any social group)
- Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was 10 comments on VKontakte about the killings of people in Bucha, the use of chemical weapons and other crimes committed by the Russian army in Ukraine, which were regarded as dissemination of deliberately false information about the Armed Forces. Additionally there were 27 comments, which were seen as inciting hatred against a group of individuals based on their social identity - Russian military personnel and on the basis of their origin - citizens of the Russian Federation supporting the Special Military Operation.
Latest event
November 23, 2024 — imprisonment begins
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 7 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Criminal case opened
Andrey Rossiyev's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces and inciting hatred in Kstovo
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution begins
Andrei Rossiev's case of public justification of terrorism and incitement to hatred
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Andrey Rossiyev's case of "fakes" about the Russian Armed Forces and inciting hatred in Kstovo
- Case number
- 1-411/2023
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Andrei Rossiev's case of public justification of terrorism and incitement to hatred
Details and sources
Full summary
Worked as an oil and gas production operator at Gazprom. Head of "Kaster OrgsintezGroup" LLC, a large Russian company operating in the polymer market.
In April 2022, Rossiev was detained in a case of public justification of terrorism because of two aggressive comments in connection with a news story about a pensioner who sued for 60 thousand roubles for unlawful criminal prosecution. The comments were related to the case of Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who carried out a self-detonation in the building of the regional department of the Arkhangelsk FSB in 2018. Rossiev was taken into custody and placed in a special cell as a particularly dangerous criminal. After examining the contents of his phone, a case of incitement to hatred against law enforcement officers of the Russian Federation and Belarus was also brought against him. Rossiev pleaded guilty. On 23 August 2022, he was sentenced to a fine of 300 thousand rubles. The prosecution asked to send him to a colony for eight years.
In November 2022, Rossiev was detained in Krasnodar and taken to Kstovo. It became known that a case was brought against him of "fakes" about the army and calls to extremism. The court appointed him a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. On 7 November 2024, Rossiev was sentenced to seven years conditioned prison sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.