Innokentiy Sokolov
Innokentiy Sokolov, born 1989, Irkutsk Oblast. Charges: Article 280.4 part 2 item v, Russian Criminal Code; “Innokenty Sokolov's case of calls to activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation”. Sentenced on October 11, 2024. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 11, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 14, Irkutsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, April 27, 2026.
In brief
Irkutsk Oblast · NULL
Sentence
3 years
Imprisonment (general regime)
Upheld March 10, 2025
Charges
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, while at home, he placed electronic banners supporting Ukraine on the websites he managed, as well as on his software products. The banners redirected users to a page containing calls to provide material assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and to boycott Russian businesses.
Latest event
April 27, 2026 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, April 27, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Innokenty Sokolov's case of calls to activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation
Criminal case
Innokenty Sokolov's case of calls to activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 14, Irkutsk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
665809, г.Ангарск, Первый промышленный массив, квартал 9, строение 10/1, ФКУ «ИК № 14 ГУФСИН России по Иркутской области», Соколов Иннокентий Сергеевич, 1989 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Shelekhov (Irkutsk Region). No later than February 2024, a case was brought against him for calls for activities against the security of the Russian Federation due to electronic banners leading to a website with calls to provide material assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and to boycott Russian businesses. He was under a non-deportation order. On 11 October 2024, Sokolov was sentenced to three years in general regime penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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