Aleksei Sidorov
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesTerrorism cases
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 2 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2024-04-22
- Region
- Chelyabinsk Oblast
- City
- Chelyabinsk
Case summary
Resident of Chelyabinsk. No later than May 2023, he was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism because of a stream in which he expressed hope that the Ukrainian army would strike the Kremlin. Sidorov was remanded in custody. Portal 74.ru published a video in which the streamer claims that he spoke "on emotion" and offered to show his strength to those who wrote him comments along the lines of "Russians, you can't do anything".
On 22 April 2024, Sidorov was sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony.
Presumably, he was released from the colony in November 2025.
Others charged under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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