Vladislav Zavgorodny
Vladislav Zavgorodny, born 1995, Kaliningrad Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Vladislav Zavgorodny's case of calls to terrorism”. Sentence (August 13, 2025): Fine of 390,000 rubles and a 2-year prohibition on administering websites. Status: at large.
In brief
Kaliningrad Oblast · Defence attorneys, Lawyers · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases
Sentence
Fine of 390,000 rubles and a 2-year prohibition on administering websites
Upheld November 19, 2025
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 was apparently a comment in which Zavgorodnyi expressed regret that the Ukrainian drone did not hit representatives of the country's top leadership during one of the strikes on Russian territory.
Latest event
November 25, 2025 — added to the rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Timeline
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict
· Persecution begins
Vladislav Zavgorodny's case of calls to terrorism
Criminal case
Vladislav Zavgorodny's case of calls to terrorism
- Case number
- 2-16/2025
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
A lawyer from the Kaliningrad region. On 7 March 2025, the Investigative Committee reported his detention in the case of calls to terrorism on the Internet due to a comment made in October 2024. On 11 March, Zavgorodny's lawyer's status was suspended.
"Slovo Zashite", citing Kaliningrad lawyers, wrote that the reason for the case was a comment in which Zavgorodny expressed regret that a Ukrainian drone did not hit representatives of the country's top leadership during one of the strikes on Russian territory. The newspaper also wrote that Zavgorodny was in a pre-trial detention centre, but his current measure of restraint is unknown.
On 8 July 2025, the prosecutor's office reported that the case had been transferred to court. On August 13, Zavgorodny was sentenced to a fine of 390,000 rubles.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.