Vitalii Tymkiv
Vitalii Tymkiv, born 1996, Kemerovo Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “Vitalii Tymkiv’s case of military “fakes” and calls for terrorism and extremism”. Sentence (September 22, 2025): 6 years’ imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since January 21, 2026.
In brief
Kemerovo Oblast · Novokuznetsk · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld January 21, 2026
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries (based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on grounds of hatred or enmity in relation to any social group)
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
The law-enforcement-affiliated Telegram channel **“Kuzbass Without Extremism”** published Tymkiv’s comments that likely served as the basis for the case, including: “As long as Putin destroys the people, the people will not stop poisoning themselves out of hopelessness. That is where all the evil lies”; “The authorities jailed him out of fear for their reputation; they jailed him, and now the authorities are faggots, fucking cocksuckers, outright Nazis, subhuman, Satanists, bastards” (about the Furgal case); “Only Russians are stupid, I hate Russians”; “I propose hanging officials from lampposts for having gone to study in Europe and the US with Russian money, let them study in Africa.” In one instance, in a discussion under a post, responding to another user’s question, “Who is to blame that you didn’t find a job? <…>”, he replied: “Our Nazi, thieving, terrorist authorities are to blame. To leave, you need to earn money; to earn money, you need to leave — give me money; our funds have anyway gone to such pedo people in Moscow and St Petersburg.” In another comment, he wrote to another female user: “Alright, I’m going to go sort things out now, I’ll hack all the officials to death with a machete.” Among the published comments, there were no statements about the war in Ukraine or about the Russian army, the grounds on which cases over military “fakes” are usually brought.
Latest event
March 6, 2026 — imprisonment begins
Timeline
· Imprisonment begins
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
6 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Vitalii Tymkiv’s case of military “fakes” and calls for terrorism and extremism
- Case number
- 1-160/2025
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Full summary
A resident of Novokuznetsk. A case was opened against him on charges of spreading military "fakes" and calls for extremism and terrorism because of comments criticising the authorities, as well as a suggestion to hang officials from poles. In March 2024, the young man was included in the list of "terrorists and extremists" by Rosfinmonitoring.
Kuzbass Without Extremism, a Telegram channel linked to the law enforcement agencies, published Tymkiv's comments, which likely formed the basis for the case: "As long as Putin destroys the people, the people will not stop poisoning themselves out of desperation. That's where all the evil is"; "The authorities put him in jail, fearing for their reputation, they put him in jail and now the authorities are faggots, fucking cocksuckers, stupid Nazis, subhumans, Satanists, bastards" (about Furgal's case), "Russians are stupid, I hate Russians", "I propose to hang officials on poles for having gone to study in Europe and the USA with Russian money, let them study in Africa". In one case, he responded to another user's question "Who's to blame that you couldn't find a job? <...>": "Our Nazi thieving terrorist government is to blame. To leave, you have to earn, to earn - to leave, give money, our dough went to such paedophiles in Moscow and Peter anyway." In another comment he wrote to another user: "Okay, I'll go solve the problems, I'll kill all the officials with a machete". Among the published comments there were no statements about the war in Ukraine or the Russian army, which usually lead to cases of military "fakes".
In July 2025, the case was referred to court. On 22 September 2025, Tymkiv was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony.
In 2023, the Zavodskiy District Court of Novokuznetsk held Tymkiv administratively liable three times: in two cases under charges of incitement to hatred, in another case for displaying prohibited symbols. On 28 March he was fined 5 thousand rubles under a charge of incitement to hatred because of negative comments about Russians. The outcome of the second case of incitement to hatred is unknown. In December, Tymkiv was fined two thousand rubles for the depiction of Nazi symbols - he himself said in court that not all correspondence was shown in the case materials, and he despises Nazism.
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- Citizenship
- Russia
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