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Sergey Vasilenko

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Sergey Vasilenko, Moscow. Charges: Article 167 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Intentional destruction of or damage to property (motivated by hooliganism, committed using…); “The case of the arson attack on the Rosgvardiya car”. Sentence (October 21, 2021): 3 years and 3 months of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony. Status: at large.

In brief

Moscow · Moscow · Cases related to mass actions

Sentence

3 years and 3 months of deprivation of liberty in a general regime colony

Verdict October 21, 2021

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigators' version, during the action on 31 January he set fire to a Rosgvardiya car. The fire was quickly extinguished, there were no victims. At the same time, the Rosgvardia reported that the cause of the car fire "according to preliminary information, was a technical failure". The Ministry of Emergency Situations said that it was likely that the started car caught fire due to a short circuit.

Latest event

October 4, 2023 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Persecution ends

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict

  4. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

  5. · Persecution begins

    The case of the arson attack on the Rosgvardiya car

Criminal case

The case of the arson attack on the Rosgvardiya car

Case number
01-0361/2021

There are no other defendants in this case in the database.

Thematic group: Palace case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Resident of Moscow. In February 2021, was taken into custody in a case for causing damage by setting fire to the wheel of a Rosgvardiya vehicle during a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on 31 January 2021. The court returned the case to the prosecutor's office, but then the hearings were resumed. On 21 October, Vasilenko was sentenced to three years and three months in a penal colony. On 4 October 2023, Vasilenko was released.

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