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Oleg Skidanov

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Oleg Skidanov, born 2001, Stavropol Krai. Charges: Article 282.2 part 1.1, Russian Criminal Code (Involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization); Article 282.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of an extremist organization); “Oleg Skidanov's case”. Sentence (August 3, 2022): 6 years in a general regime penal colony, with restriction of liberty for a period of 1 year and 8 months and… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since January 1, 2021.

In brief

Stavropol Krai · Stavropol · Extremism cases

Sentence

6 years

in a general regime penal colony, with restriction of liberty for a period of 1 year and 8 months and deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the placement of appeals and other materials on public information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 2 years

Verdict August 3, 2022

Upheld April 17, 2023

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, on 9 October 2020 he joined the extremist Ukrainian organisation "Right Sector" banned by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, having "the intention to become its full member and continue its banned activities on the territory of the Russian Federation, pursuing the goal of aggravating the socio-political situation and destabilising the constitutional order of the country". I received an order to collect information about law enforcement officers, judges, prosecutors and FSB officers. He found like-minded people who shared the ideology of the banned organisation and induced Oleg Kharaim and Vadim Kartashov to join the ranks of the banned organisation, after which they became full members.

Latest event

April 17, 2023 — first-instance verdict

The court upheld the verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · First-instance verdict

    upheld

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 6 years

  3. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  4. · Persecution begins

    Oleg Skidanov's case

  5. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

Criminal case

Oleg Skidanov's case

Case number
1-303/2022

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Thematic group: The case of involvement in the activities of the Right Sector

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Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A resident of Stavropol. He was prosecuted for participation and involvement in the activities of an extremist organisation: according to the investigation, he induced two fellow countrymen to participate in the activities of the Right Sector. He was kept in custody. On 3 August 2022, Skidanov was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.

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