Aleksei Sobolev
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesTerrorism casesExtremism cases
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 6 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-04-02
- Region
- Komi Republic
- City
- Ukhta
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 20 УФСИН России по Вологодской области»
- Address for letters
- 162840, Вологодская область, г. Устюжна, ул. Карла Маркса, д. 57, ИК-20, ФКУ «ИК № 20 УФСИН России по Вологодской области», Соболев Алексей Денисович, 2000 г.р.
Case summary
Resident of the village of Nizhny Odes (Komi). He was detained on 28 August 2024 after a search in his home. On 31 August, the court remanded him in custody in the case of public justification of terrorism because of four comments about the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Azov Battalion. During the court hearings on Sobolev's case it became known that his father died in the war. He went to the front, hoping that in this way it would be possible to achieve a mitigation of his son's sentence. On 2 April 2024, Sobolev was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime colony.
Others charged under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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