Yaroslav Wilczewski
Yaroslav Wilczewski, born 1990, Primorsky Krai. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Jaroslaw Wilczewsk's Case of Justifying Terrorism”. Sentence (June 27, 2023): 2 years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, October 17, 2023.
In brief
Primorsky Krai · Vladivostok · Musicians · Terrorism cases
Sentence
2 years
of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.
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
The reason for the case's initiation was a post made on Wilczewski's "AnarchoPositive" VKontakte blog in November of 2022. The post called Zhlobitsky a "hero".
Latest event
December 28, 2024 — imprisonment ends
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, October 17, 2023
Timeline
· Imprisonment ends
· Imprisonment begins
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Vladimir Oblast
· Persecution begins
Jaroslaw Wilczewsk's Case of Justifying Terrorism
Criminal case
Jaroslaw Wilczewsk's Case of Justifying Terrorism
Details and sources
Full summary
An anarchist, he has organised music festivals (such as Rock Protects Animals), published the rock magazine Punk Revival, and held "Food Not Bombs" events.
On the 4th of January 2023, Wilczewski's house was searched as part of a criminal case for "public justification of terrorism" because of a post made about Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who committed a suicide bombing at a Federal Security Service Directorate building in the Arkhangelsk Region. He wrote an admission of guilt. After that, the anarchist was help in custody at the pre-trial detention centre. On the 27th of June 2023, he was sentenced to two years of imprisonment. Wilczewski was released on the 28th of December 2024.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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