Andrei Timin
Andrei Timin, born 1999, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 332 part 2.1, Russian Criminal Code (Failure to obey orders during combat operations); “Andrei Timin's case for failure to obey an order in wartime”. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 18, 2023.
In brief
Khabarovsk Krai · Khabarovsk · Military personnel · Anti-war cases
Sentence
No information about a verdict.
Charges
- Article 332 part 2.1, Russian Criminal Code — Failure to obey orders during combat operations
Full wording of the charges
Refused to go to the war.
Latest event
April 1, 2026 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, December 18, 2023
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Persecution ends
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
Andrei Timin's case for failure to obey an order in wartime
Criminal case
Andrei Timin's case for failure to obey an order in wartime
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
A contract soldier. Refused to go to war since February 2022. According to him, at first the command said that they would send them for training exercises, but he "started to realise even then that it was a deception". In September 2022, even before mobilisation was announced, Timin wrote a discharge report. He said that his fellow soldiers realised "that no one needed it". The report was not accepted and Timin was reinstated in October. While in the unit, he wore civilian clothes and went to work delivering pizzas after the morning formation. In addition to not wanting to participate in the war, the reason not to go there was family problems: Timin's younger sister was taken away from her mother and temporarily placed in an orphanage, her mother was threatened with deprivation of parental rights, and Timin was preparing to apply for guardianship. In February 2023, Timin was ordered to go to war, he again refused, after which a criminal case was filed against him in March. On 8 August 2023, Timin was sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 332 part 2.1, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.