Vladimir Sergeev
Vladimir Sergeev, born 1985, Moscow. Charges: Article 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparation for a terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)); “The case of preparation for a terrorist attack in Moscow”. Sentence (June 3, 2024): 7 years 10 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 1, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 6, Omsk Oblast.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Engineers · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
9 years 10 months
7 years 10 months' imprisonment in a strict regime colony
First instance, April 20, 2023: 8 years
Charges
- Article 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparation for a terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)
Full wording of the charges
He stated that he was going to set fire to police vehicles at the action on 6 March and then commit suicide.
Latest event
October 1, 2025 — imprisonment begins
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of preparation for a terrorist attack in Moscow
Criminal case
The case of preparation for a terrorist attack in Moscow
- Case number
- 1-69/2023
Other defendants in the case
- Anton Zhuchkov — Imprisoned, 9 years 10 months
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 6, Omsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
644009, Омская область, г.Омск, ул. 10 лет Октября, д.176, ФКУ «ИК № 6 УФСИН России по Омской области», Сергеев Владимир Андреевич, 1985 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Sergeev was detained at the anti-war rally on 6 March. His relatives lost contact with him, and he was found only on 12 March in the hospital at the Sklifosovsky Emergency Medical Research Institute. He was taken there because he had taken methadone after his arrest. Later Sergeev was placed in custody. Initially, a case of preparation for hooliganism by a group of persons with the use of weapons or (Part 2, Article 213 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code) was initiated. On 6 March, an anonymous group in social media website VKontakte Vezhlivye Ludi/Voina (Polite People / War) published a message that two citizens detained on Pushkinskaya Square were found in possession of explosives. Sergeev pleaded guilty. On 5 May it became known that the charge was reclassified to preparation for a terrorist act by a group of persons (Part 2, Article 205 of the Criminal Code considering Article 30 Part 1 of the Criminal Code). On 20 April 2023 Sergeev was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony. On 27 September, the court of appeal reduced his sentence by two months.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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