Viktor Shenderovich
Viktor Shenderovich, born 1958. Charges: Article 205.4 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Organisation of a terrorist community and participation in it); Article 278, Russian Criminal Code (Violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order); “The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia”. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Writers · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 205.4 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code — Organisation of a terrorist community and participation in it
- Article 278, Russian Criminal Code — Violent seizure of power or alteration of the constitutional order
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was the adoption of the "Berlin Declaration" on the need for a change of power in Russia, adopted on the 30 April 2023, and the creation of a "Platform of Russian Democratic Forces" during the movement's participation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in October 2025.
Latest event
November 21, 2025 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
Criminal case
The case of Anti-War Committee of Russia
Other defendants in the case
- Sergei Aleksashenko — Not in Russia
- Marat Gelman — Not in Russia
- Leonid Gozman — Not in Russia
- Dmitry Gudkov — Not in Russia
- Sergei Guriev — Not in Russia
- Boris Zimin — Not in Russia
- Vladimir Kara-Murza — Not in Russia
- Garry Kasparov — Not in Russia
- Mikhail Kasianov — Not in Russia
- Evgenii Kiselev — Not in Russia
- Mikhail Kokorich — Not in Russia
- Evgenii Kunin — Not in Russia
- Elena Lukyanova — Not in Russia
- Kirill Martynov — Not in Russia
- Yuri Pivovarov — Not in Russia
- Maxim Reznik — Not in Russia
- Artur Smolianinov — Not in Russia
- Mikhail Khodorkovsky — Not in Russia
- Evgenii Chichvarkin — Not in Russia
- Konstantin Chumakov — Not in Russia
- Anastasia Shevchenko — Not in Russia
- Ekaterina Shulman — Not in Russia
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
Russian and Israeli journalist, prose writer, poet, playwright, scriptwriter, TV and radio presenter, satirist, publicist, educator. In December 2021, he was included in the register of "foreign agents". He left Russia. Shortly after the outbreak of the war, he joined the Russian Anti-War Committee. On 14 October 2025, the FSB reported the initiation of a case against Shenderovich and other members of the committee for violent seizure of power and for organizing the activities of a terrorist community. The case was prompted by the adoption of the "Berlin Declaration" on the need for a change of power in Russia.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Israel, Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.4 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.