October 20, 2026, 9:53 AMRSSRU

Alexander Zhuravlev

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Alexander Zhuravlev, born 1983, Stavropol Krai. Charges: Article 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparation for a terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)); “Aleksandr Zhuravlev's case of planning to set the Stavropol Department of Internal Affairs on fire”. Sentence (February 29, 2024): 4 years 6 months' imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since February 1, 2023.

In brief

Stavropol Krai · Stavropol · Terrorism cases

Sentence

4 years 6 months

imprisonment in a strict-regime penal colony

Verdict February 29, 2024

No information about an appeal ruling.

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, while in St. Petersburg, he agreed via messenger to cooperate with an unknown person who introduced himself as an employee of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. After arriving in Stavropol, he took photos and videos of the administrative building where he planned to set fire, he sent the data to the employee of the GUR; he bought components for the manufacture of a homemade incendiary device, which he kept in a rented flat. He was not able to complete the task, as he was detained by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).

Latest event

April 5, 2024 — imprisonment begins

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment begins

  2. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 4 years 6 months

  3. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  4. · Persecution begins

    Aleksandr Zhuravlev's case of planning to set the Stavropol Department of Internal Affairs on fire

  5. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

Criminal case

Aleksandr Zhuravlev's case of planning to set the Stavropol Department of Internal Affairs on fire

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A resident of St. Petersburg. No later than February 2023, a case was brought against him for preparing to set an administrative building on fire. On 29 February 2024, Zhuravlev was sentenced to four and a half years in a strict-regime penal colony.

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