Nikita Turlaev
Nikita Turlaev, born 2005, Khabarovsk Krai. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization); “Nikita Turlaev's case”. Sentence (November 13, 2024): 11 years' imprisonment, 3 years of which in prison and the rest in a strict regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since March 10, 2025; place of detention: Prison, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, May 6, 2025.
In brief
Khabarovsk Krai · Students · Terrorism cases
Sentence
11 years
imprisonment, 3 years of which in prison and the rest in a strict regime colony
Upheld March 10, 2025
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
- Article 205.5 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the prosecution was a video posted in the Telegram channel, where teenagers throw Molotov cocktails at the wall of an abandoned building. According to the investigation, he "sympathised with the Ukrainian Azov", namely administered "groups and chats" in Telegram and VKontakte, "promoting the ideology of the battalion". Turlaev was accused of undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation.
Latest event
May 6, 2025 — 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 6, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 11 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Nikita Turlaev's case
Criminal case
Nikita Turlaev's case
Thematic group: The case of throwing Molotov cocktails into a wall in Khabarovsk region
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Facility: Prison, Krasnoyarsk Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
662606, ул. Горького д. 114 Тюрьма, Красноярский край, г. Минусинск, ФКУ «Тюрьма ГУФСИН России по Красноярскому краю», Турлаев Никита Юрьевич, 2005 г.р.
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Full summary
Student of the Komsomol College of Technology and Service. In custody on charges of undergoing training for terrorist activities because of a video in a Telegram channel showing teenagers throwing Molotov cocktails at the wall of an abandoned building, and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation - according to the investigation, he was involved in the activities of the Azov battalion. Later it became known that this article was not included in the case, and Turlaev was charged with participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation and calls for terrorism.
The grandmother of another defendant in the case, Valeriy Zaitsev, suggested that the case was opened as a result of provocation: a certain person, who later appeared in court as a secret witness, filmed a video with throwing Molotov cocktails, which became the reason for opening the case.
On 13 November 2024, Turlaev was sentenced to 11 years in a strict-regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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