Aleksandr Titov
Aleksandr Titov, born 1960, Leningrad Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Aleksandr Titov's case of public justification of terrorism”. Sentence (December 8, 2025): 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 15, 2026.
In brief
Sentence
5 years 6 months
imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld March 16, 2026
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was comments in Ukrainian in the Telegram channel "A Consul for Ideology": a comment under the publication with a link to an article by Ukrainian writer and journalist Aleksey Reins, which explains the meaning of the Nazi symbol of Black Sun in the context of "Ukrainian Nazism": "Thank you for the article, it is written quite well. Here is an article for you, too, it may be useful for your work"; a comment under the announcement of Reins' monograph on the idea of nation and his explanation of the meaning of the Azov Battalion symbols: "Please go on with the comments. We in Russia are waiting and wish you good luck"; a comment under one of the publications: "Congratulations from Ingria".
Latest event
May 15, 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, May 15, 2026
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 6 months
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Aleksandr Titov's case of public justification of terrorism
Criminal case
Aleksandr Titov's case of public justification of terrorism
- Case number
- 2-77/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
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Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
196655, Ленинградская область, г. Колпино, Колпинская ул., д. 9, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области "Кресты", Титов Александр Алексеевич, 1960 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A retired resident of Slantsy (the Leningrad region), he worked at a sewage treatment plant. Before that, according to his wife, he designed and created medical equipment, worked in aviation, fulfilled orders for the police, taught programming to children, and participated in publishing books on military and patriotic topics.
On August 28, 2024, he was detained at work for public justification of terrorism: according to his wife, the reason was comments in a Telegram channel dedicated to the Ukrainian Azov battalion. Later it became known that one of the comments looked like "Congratulations from Ingria". The court elected for him a measure of restraint in the form of a prohibition of certain actions. On December 23, 2024, Titov was fined 15,000 rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences) because of a comment in Ukrainian language in which the Russian military was allegedly called rubbish.
On September 3, 2025, the Investigative Committee reported the transfer of his case to court. On November 6, during the hearing, the judge sent Titov to custody because he had missed the previous session. According to his wife, Titov had an asthma attack and the judge was provided with medical documents. The prosecutor suggested placing the defendant under house arrest.
On December 8, 2025, Titov was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia, Ukraine
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