Iaroslav Rybin
Iaroslav Rybin, born 2003, Krasnodar Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “The case of the "Citizens of USSR" in Sochi”. Sentence (December 4, 2025): 3 years' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony and a ban on engaging in activities related to participation… Status: imprisoned.
In brief
Krasnodar Krai · Sochi · Extremism cases
Sentence
3 years
deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony and a ban on engaging in activities related to participation in the work of voluntary associations and organisations for a period of 3 years
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of an extremist organization
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, on June 20, 2025, in Sochi, she put on her car state plates of an unknown type with the symbols of the organisation, the activities of which were banned in 2022 by a court decision, as well as "reported information related to the activities of an extremist organisation to an indefinite number of persons".
Latest event
March 11, 2026 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Persecution begins
The case of the "Citizens of USSR" in Sochi
Criminal case
The case of the "Citizens of USSR" in Sochi
- Case number
- 1-427/2025
Other defendants in the case
- Iulia Rybina — Imprisoned, 5 years
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Full summary
Resident of Sochi. Not earlier than July 2025, he was taken into custody on charges of participation in the activities of an extremist organisation. The grounds for this were that he, together with his mother, had put state plates of an unknown type with symbols of the organisation "citizens of the USSR" on the car and told his acquaintances about it. On 4 December 2025 Rybin was sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony.
Other people prosecuted under Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.