Bogdan Zaiats
Bogdan Zaiats, born 1989, Rostov Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)); “Bogdan Zaiats's case of public justification of terrorism”. Sentenced on October 31, 2023. Status: at large.
In brief
Rostov Oblast · Rostov-on-Don · Terrorism cases, Extremism cases
Sentence
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)
- Article 280 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for extremism (using mass media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he left comments on the social media "calling for a violent change of the Russian regime".
Latest event
October 31, 2023 — first-instance verdict
The court issued a ruling.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Bogdan Zaiats's case of public justification of terrorism
Criminal case
Bogdan Zaiats's case of public justification of terrorism
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Rostov-on-Don, born in Zhitomir, Ukraine. On 29 March 2023, he was fined 10.000 rubles on charges of humiliating representatives of the authorities (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). Later it became known that a case of public justification of terrorism and calls to extremism had been opened against Zaiats for leaving comments in "VKontakte" social media, in which he "called for a violent change of power of the Russian Federation". On 31 October 2023, a verdict was handed down, details are unknown.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- travel ban (written undertaking)
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.