Ruslan Shaveddinov
Ruslan Shaveddinov, born 1996, Moscow. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); Article 207.3 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the RF Armed Forces, government agencies or mercenaries…); Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being…); “The case of Ivan Zhdanov, Ruslan Shaveddinov, Leonid Volkov and Lyubov Sobol”, opened on August 8, 2022. Status: not in Russia. Recognition: Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion, November 1, 2021.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow, Murmansk · Bloggers, Journalists, Politicians · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases, Extremism cases, Cases against "foreign agents", Cases against Navalny/ACF supporters, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 282.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in an extremist community
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
- Article 207.3 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the RF Armed Forces, government agencies or mercenaries (using official position, by a group of people, falsifying evidence, for selfish reasons or motivated by hatred)
- Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being persecuted for an administrative offence
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he distributed information about the crimes of Russian soldiers in Ukraine and a statement on the need to set fire to military recruitment centres.
Latest event
August 8, 2022 — criminal case opened
The case of Ivan Zhdanov, Ruslan Shaveddinov, Leonid Volkov and Lyubov Sobol
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion — Memorial Human Rights Centre, November 1, 2021
Timeline
· Criminal case opened
The case of Ivan Zhdanov, Ruslan Shaveddinov, Leonid Volkov and Lyubov Sobol
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Recognised as persecuted for exercising freedom of religion
Memorial Human Rights Centre
· Persecution begins
The case of an extremist community led by Navalny
Criminal case
The case of an extremist community led by Navalny
- Case number
- 01-0333/2021
Other defendants in the case
- Georgy Alburov — Not in Russia
- Sergey Bespalov — Not in Russia
- Alexey Vorsin — Not in Russia
- Vyacheslav Gimadi — Location unknown
- Violetta Grudina — Not in Russia
- Ivan Zhdanov — Not in Russia
- Stanislav Kalinichenko — Location unknown
- Roman Rubanov — Not in Russia
- Lyubov Sobol — Not in Russia
- Andrey Fateyev — Location unknown
- Olga Shkolina — Location unknown
Thematic group: The case of the extremist community led by Navalny
The case of Ivan Zhdanov, Ruslan Shaveddinov, Leonid Volkov and Lyubov Sobol
Other defendants in the case
- Ivan Zhdanov — Not in Russia
- Lyubov Sobol — Not in Russia
Thematic group: Anti-war case; Beautiful Russia case
Details and sources
Full summary
Former project manager of the Anti-Corruption Foundation. In the past, he was a spokesman for the #Navalny2018 election campaign and host of the NavalnyLIVE channel. In December 2019, he was detained and, after a search, sent to a conscription centre and then to the Arkhangelsk region to the Novaya Zemlya archipelago for military conscription service. The court recognised the opposition activist's conscription as legal, despite the lack of information about his health from the medical commission. In the military unit the command prohibited other conscripts to communicate with Shaveddinov.
In September 2021, it became known that a case of participation in the activities of an extremist community was opened against Shaveddinov in connection with his participation in the activities of various structures of Alexei Navalny. In April 2022, Shaveddinov was put on a wanted list.
In August 2022, it became known that a case was brought against Shaveddinov for disseminating knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces and public justification of terrorism. In April 2025, Shaveddinov was declared wanted again, it became known that he was also accused of evading his duties as a "foreign agent". In the message of the Ministry of Internal Affairs he was called a traitor to the Motherland.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 2
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.