Petr Vrublevsky
Petr Vrublevsky, born 1970, Moscow. Charges: Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)); “Petr Vrublevsky's case on incitement to hatred”. Sentence (August 26, 2024): 6 years' imprisonment, sentenced in absentia. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Former officials · Extremism cases
Sentence
6 years
imprisonment, sentenced in absentia
Upheld May 12, 2025
Charges
- Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)
Full wording of the charges
The grounds were an interview given in August 2022 to a Kazakh blogger, during which Vrublevsky said: "The more Russians we kill now, the fewer our children will have to kill later"
Latest event
May 12, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Preventive measure: arrest in absentia
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Petr Vrublevsky's case on incitement to hatred
Criminal case
Petr Vrublevsky's case on incitement to hatred
Details and sources
Full summary
The former Ukrainian ambassador to Kazakhstan. A case of incitement to hatred was brought against him. Presumably, the reason was an interview in which he said: "The more we kill Russians now, the fewer our children will have to kill". On 26 August 2024, Vrublevsky was sentenced in absentia to six years. On 11 November 2024, a court of appeal overturned the sentence. On 12 May 2025, the court of first instance again sentenced Vrublevsky to six years in absentia.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
- Preventive measures
- arrest in absentia
Other people prosecuted under Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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