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Alexey Veresov

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Alexey Veresov, born 1973, Moscow. Charges: Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); Article 296 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Threats to the life of participants in legal proceedings and their close relatives); “Alexei Veresov's case of threatening a judge”. Sentence (January 15, 2020): a fine of 160 thousand roubles. Status: at large.

In brief

Moscow · Moscow · Construction workers · Extremism cases, Cases related to mass actions

Sentence

a fine of 160 thousand roubles

Verdict January 15, 2020

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

Wrote an aggressive comment in the VKontakte "All Stable" publick on 16 September under a photo of Moscow Tverskoy court judge Alexei Krivoruchko, who sentenced actor Pavel Ustinov to three and a half years in prison over a rally on 3 August 2019.

Latest event

February 11, 2021 — removed from the rosfinmonitoring list

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Removed from the Rosfinmonitoring list

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict

  3. · Persecution ends

  4. · Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)

  5. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  6. · Persecution begins

    Alexei Veresov's case of threatening a judge

Criminal case

Alexei Veresov's case of threatening a judge

Case number
01-0097/2020 (01-0799/2019)

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

Thematic group: Moscow case

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Detained on 12 November in the village of Yakshur-Bodya (Udmurtia), after a search he was convoyed to Moscow on charges of calling for extremist activity. The next court ordered Veresov to be taken into custody.

On 23 December Veresov's charge was reclassified to threatening a judge. He was released from custody on his own recognisance.

On 16 December 2020, he was sentenced to a fine of 160 thousand rubles.

All fields of the record
Citizenship
Russia

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