Vasilii Surin
Vasilii Surin, born 1979, Voronezh Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “Vasilii Surin's case of justification of terrorism and calls for extremism”. Sentence (December 23, 2024): 3 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, a 4 years' ban to administer websites, forums, groups… Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 3, 2025.
In brief
Voronezh Oblast · Voronezh · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases, Extremism cases
Sentence
3 years 6 months
imprisonment in a general regime penal colony, a 4 years' ban to administer websites, forums, groups, and chat rooms on the Internet
Upheld April 3, 2025
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he justified the bombing of the Crimean bridge and called for violence on ethnic grounds on the Internet's resources.
Latest event
April 3, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 3 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Vasilii Surin's case of justification of terrorism and calls for extremism
- Case number
- 1-260/2024
Thematic group: Anti-war case
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Full summary
A resident of Voronezh. A case was initiated against him for public justification of terrorism in connection with the approval of the strike on the Crimean bridge and calls to extremism in connection with calls, as the investigation alleged, for violence on ethnic grounds. On 23 December 2024, Surin was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime penal colony.
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- Citizenship
- Russia
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