Mikhail Shendakov
Mikhail Shendakov, born 1965, Moscow Oblast. Charges: Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)); “Mikhail Shendakov's case on calls to extremism”, opened on March 1, 2023. Sentence (June 16, 2023): Compulsory treatment; previously convicted under Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code; Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code; Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code. Status: at large.
In brief
Moscow Oblast · Krasnogorsk · Military personnel · Extremism cases
Sentence
Compulsory treatment
No information about an appeal ruling.
Other verdicts
- January 31, 2023 — 2 years 6 months' deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony
- November 17, 2021 — 3 years' suspended sentence
Charges
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
- Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)
- Article 282 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in one of the social networks he published a video with personal participation, which, according to the expert's conclusion, contains calls for violent actions against members of law enforcement agencies and representatives of the authorities.
Latest event
October 20, 2026 — case status changed
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· First-instance verdict
· Criminal case opened
Mikhail Shendakov's case on calls to extremism
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №2 (SIZO-2) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation for the Moscow Oblast
· First-instance verdict
sentence changed
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Criminal case opened
Mikhail Shendakov's case because of an anecdote about the Rosgvardiya
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Mikhail Shendakov's case because of the video "Surkov promised Donbass a war!"
Criminal case
Mikhail Shendakov's case because of the video "Surkov promised Donbass a war!"
Mikhail Shendakov's case on calls to extremism
Mikhail Shendakov's case because of an anecdote about the Rosgvardiya
Details and sources
Full summary
A retired colonel. No later than 2012, he began to publicly criticise the authorities. In 2020, a case of incitement to hatred against FSB officers was brought against Sendakov because of the video "Surkov promised war to Donbass". Shendakov was given a covenant not to leave the country. Later, a case of incitement to extremism was initiated because of the same video clip. On 19 October, Shendakov was taken into custody because he failed to attend two consecutive court hearings on the case. At the same time, he was under administrative detention. Lawyer Nikolai Kuryanovich, who defended Shendakov, was suspended from the trial and then stripped of his status. On 2 February 2021, Shendakov was sentenced to a two and a half year suspended sentence.
Later it became known that another case was brought against Shendakov - on incitement to hatred because of a video in which he told a joke about a Rosgvardiya officer and a surgeon. In November 2021, the colonel was sentenced to three years' suspended sentence.
On 1 February, 2023, the suspended sentence in the case of the video about Surkov was replaced by a real one, Shendakov was taken into custody. In March, it became known that a new case for incitement to extremism was initiated against him due to the video. An expert examination found that Colonel Shendakov had "persistent delusional ideas", and it was reported that he might be sent to compulsory treatment. On June 15, the court ordered compulsory treatment for this case.
On 22 March, 2024, according to Shendakov, he was released from the colony with the intention of going to a psychiatric hospital himself, but he did not do so. On 17 June, 2024, he was detained in the Moscow metro, after which he was apparently sent to a hospital.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Persecution episodes
- 3
Other people prosecuted under Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.