Konstantin Vasilyanov
Konstantin Vasilyanov, born 1977, Arkhangelsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Konstantin Vasilyanov's case of justification of terrorism”. Sentence (April 1, 2021): Fine of 350 thousand roubles (US$ 3800). Status: at large.
In brief
Arkhangelsk Oblast · Arkhangelsk · Drivers · Terrorism cases
Sentence
Fine of 350 thousand roubles (US$ 3800)
No information about an appeal ruling.
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
According to the investigation, from 31 October to 1 November 2018, from a mobile phone he posted text comments in one of the groups in a social network on the Internet under the news about a terrorist act, which contained linguistic signs of justification of the ideology of terrorism. It was about the explosion organised by Mikhail Zhlobitskiy in the Arkhangelsk FSB
Latest event
August 3, 2022 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list
Timeline
· Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Konstantin Vasilyanov's case of justification of terrorism
Criminal case
Konstantin Vasilyanov's case of justification of terrorism
- Case number
- 1-49/2021
Details and sources
Full summary
Resident of Arkhangelsk, large northern city of Russia on White sea. Konstantin works as a long-haul truck driver.
A criminal case was opened against him in April 2020 because of his comments about the explosion organised by Mikhail Zhlobitsky in the Arkhangelsk FSB. At the interrogation Vasilyanov refused to express his attitude to the charges, and later, already at the trial, did not admit his guilt. A representative of the civil rights organisation Pravozaschita Otkrytki specified in a conversation with a local media FlashNord that in his commentary the Konstantin did not justify terrorism, but, on the contrary, condemned it.
On 2 April 2021, he was found guilty and sentenced to a fine of 350 thousand rubles (US$ 3800).
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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