Aleksandr Shevchuk
Aleksandr Shevchuk, born 1961, Amur Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Aleksandr Shevchuk's case of public justification of terrorism”. Sentence (September 22, 2025): 3 years' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 5, 2026; place of detention: Penal colony No. 13, Sverdlovsk Oblast.
In brief
Amur Oblast · Blagoveshchensk · Entrepreneurs · Terrorism cases
Sentence
3 years
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony
Upheld March 5, 2026
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
On 4 May 2023, the user Alex Shev left a comment in the Telegram channel "Blagoveshchensk № 1" under a video of a drone strike on the Kremlin: "That's right! Until there's a serious strike on Rublevka or the Kremlin, they will keep playing toy soldiers! Putin will go on giving his word that he won't 'touch' the drug addict in Kyiv and anyone who comes to see him and walks freely around the city! And for the troops on the front line, there will be 'shell hunger'!"
Latest event
March 5, 2026 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Aleksandr Shevchuk's case of public justification of terrorism
Criminal case
Aleksandr Shevchuk's case of public justification of terrorism
- Case number
- 1-80/2025
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Facility: Penal colony No. 13, Sverdlovsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
622013, Свердловская область, г. Нижний Тагил, ул. Кулибина д. 61, ФКУ «ИК № 13 ГУФСИН России по Свердловской области»«Красная утка», Шевчук Александр Анатольевич, 1961 г.р.
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Full summary
A resident of Blagoveshchensk. He expressed opposition to Putin and United Russia on his social media accounts. He holds a positive view of the USSR and supports military action against Ukraine. On 31 March 2025, he was prosecuted for publicly justifying terrorism over his comment about "shell hunger". No later than 2 April 2025, Shevchuk was placed in custody. On 22 September 2025, he was sentenced to 3 years in a general regime penal colony.
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