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Konstantin Zharinov

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Konstantin Zharinov, born 1971, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 280 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for extremism); “Konstantin Zharinov's case”. Sentence (September 27, 2015): Two years' imprisonment suspended with two years' probation and amnesty. Status: at large.

In brief

Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Bloggers, Historians, Writers · Extremism cases

Sentence

2 years

Two years' imprisonment suspended with two years' probation and amnesty

Verdict September 27, 2015

Upheld December 3, 2015

Charges

Full wording of the charges

Posted in his profile on social media VKontakte an appeal by Right Sector to "Russians and other enslaved peoples" calling for acts of disobedience, the creation partisan detachments and other forms of resistance to the regime.

Latest event

December 3, 2015 — appeal

The court upheld the verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  2. · Persecution ends

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 2 years

  4. · Persecution begins

    Konstantin Zharinov's case

Criminal case

Konstantin Zharinov's case

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Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

The case was opened in connection with the publication of an appeal by members of the Right Sector on the VKontakte social network. He was charged with calls to extremist activity. On 28 September he was sentenced to two years of suspended imprisonment and amnestied

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