Karen Shainyan
Karen Shainyan, born 1981, Moscow. Charges: Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Financing of extremist activities); “Karen Shainyan's case”. Sentence (November 26, 2025): 5 year's imprisonment in general regime penal colony. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Bloggers, Journalists · Extremism cases, Cases against "foreign agents", Cases against Navalny/ACF supporters
Sentence
5 years
5 year's imprisonment in general regime penal colony
First instance, September 4, 2025: 5 years
Charges
- Article 282.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Financing of extremist activities
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case initiation were donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.
Latest event
November 26, 2025 — appeal
The court changed the sentence to 5 years.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
sentence changed · 5 years
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Persecution begins
Karen Shainyan's case
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
Criminal case
Karen Shainyan's case
- Case number
- 01-0415/2025
Thematic group: Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) financing cases
Details and sources
Full summary
A journalist and a LGBTQ activist. On the 15th of April, 2022, he was included in the registry of "foreign agents". In July 2023, he was included in the Rosfinmonitoring list of extremists and terrorists. In August, it became known what he was place on a wanted list. In August 2024, the court refused to satisfy the request for Shainyan's arrest in absentia. At the same time, it became known that a case of financing extremist activities was opened against him because of donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation.
On the 4th of September, 2025, the court sentenced Shainyan to five years in a general regime colony in absentia.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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