Alexey Sergeyev
Alexey Sergeyev, born 1973, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “The case of a machinist from Yekaterinburg on the justification of terrorism”. Sentence (March 10, 2025): 5 years 3 months' imprisonment in a genereal regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 10, 2025.
In brief
Sverdlovsk Oblast · Yekaterinburg · Manual workers · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases
Sentence
5 years 3 months
imprisonment in a genereal regime penal colony
Upheld June 19, 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
According to the investigators' version, shortly after the bombing in a St. Petersburg cafe of the war correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky, left a comment under the photo of the IC with the consequences of the explosion, posted in one of the local blogs in "VKontakte": "it's amazing with what surgical precision they removed the cancerous tumour".
Latest event
June 19, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 3 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
· Persecution begins
The case of a machinist from Yekaterinburg on the justification of terrorism
Criminal case
The case of a machinist from Yekaterinburg on the justification of terrorism
Thematic group: Anti-war case
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Full summary
Turner, a resident of Yekaterinburg. On 5 September 2023, he was searched at his home, his laptop phone and data carriers were seized and he was released on his own recognisance. He was accused of justifying terrorism because of his comment about the murder of military officer Vladlen Tatarsky. He gave a confession to the police. On 10 March 2025, Sergeyev was sentenced to five years and three months in a general regime colony.
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