October 20, 2026, 11:52 AMRSSRU

Vadim Slesarev

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Vadim Slesarev, born 1974, Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea. Charges: Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “Case of Kerch resident on calls to extremist activities”. Sentenced on July 13, 2023. Status: at large.

In brief

Occupied territory of Republic of Crimea · Kerch · Anti-war cases, Extremism cases

Sentence

1 year 6 months

Imprisonment (open prison colony)

Sentence changed July 13, 2023

First instance, May 15, 2023: 1 year 6 months

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, he posted on his page in "Odnoklassniki" social network calls for the assassination of Russian military personnel.

Latest event

March 1, 2025 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Persecution ends

  3. · Appeal ruling

    sentence changed · 1 year 6 months

  4. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 1 year 6 months

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

  6. · Persecution begins

    Case of Kerch resident on calls to extremist activities

Criminal case

Case of Kerch resident on calls to extremist activities

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: Anti-war case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Житель Керчи. Против него возбудили дело о призывах к экстремизму в связи с постом в "Одноклассниках" с призывами к убийству российских военных. 15 мая 2023 года приговорен к полутора годам условно. 13 июля 2024 года суд апелляционной инстанции заменил условный срок сроком в колонии-поселении. В марте 2025 года Слесарев вышел на свободу.

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