Anatoly Sadovin
Anatoly Sadovin, born 1991, Kemerovo Oblast. Charges: Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)); “The case of Kemerovo bloggers”. Sentence (August 16, 2024): 3 years' suspended imprisonment. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted on political grounds, November 22, 2021.
In brief
Kemerovo Oblast · Kemerovo · Bloggers · Extremism cases
Sentence
3 years
suspended imprisonment
Upheld February 6, 2026
Charges
- Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)
Full wording of the charges
A lawyer, together with bloggers of the YouTube channel "Don't Be Inert" Maxim Lavrentiev and Sergey Kamensky is charged under the article on incitement to hatred or hostility (item "c" part 2 of article 282 of the Criminal Code). According to the investigation, Lavrentiev created an organised group to discredit law enforcers, and Kamensky and Sadovin were members of this group.
Latest event
February 6, 2026 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted on political grounds — Memorial Human Rights Centre, November 22, 2021
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Recognised as persecuted on political grounds
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Kemerovo bloggers
Criminal case
The case of Kemerovo bloggers
- Case number
- 1-19/2023 (1-90/2022; 1-620/2021;)
Other defendants in the case
- Sergey Kamensky — Location unknown, 5 years
- Maxim Lavrentiev — Imprisoned, 9 years
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Kemerovo, blogger. On 28 April 2020, he videotaped an incident involving the hosts of the blog "Don't Be Inert" Maxim Lavrentiev and Sergey Kamensky, which later became the reason for a criminal case of hooliganism against the latter. On 26 June, Sadovin was detained. In February 2021, a case of incitement to hatred was brought against him as a member of an organised group created to discredit law enforcers. Sadovin is under a non-deportation and non-disclosure undertaking (as is his lawyer). On 16 August 2024 he was sentenced to three years suspended sentence.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.