Personal Information
- Birth date
- 25 февр. 1961 г. (65 years old)
- Special circumstances
- pensioner
- Notes
- Before arrest, worked as a mechanic in a locomotive depot, repaired diesel locomotives
Astakhov Anatoliy Anatolevich
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Arkhangelsk Oblast
- Charges:
- Art. 280.4 CC RF Part 2 cl. v, Art. 205.2 CC RF Part 2
- Sentence:
- 4 years general regime
- Court that passed the sentence:
- Northern Fleet Military Court
- Judge who passed the sentence:
- Gruzdev Kim Yurevich
- Case on the court website:
- severnyfvs--mrm.sudrf.ru
- Appeal court:
- Military Court of Appeals
- Appeal judge:
- Butusov Sergey Aleksandrovich
- Estimated release date:
- 14 июл. 2029 г.
- Case categories:
- Anti-war case, Freedom of speech
- Rosfinmonitoring status:
- Added 21 июл. 2025 г.
Case Description
In the settlement of Vygodsky, Arkhangelsk Oblast, in no later than July 2025, a criminal case was opened against a 64-year-old local resident, Anatoly Astakhov. He was charged with public incitement to activities directed against state security and public justification of terrorism.
According to the investigation, in 2024, Astakhov posted on his social media page materials containing calls to join units of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and to provide financial support. Law enforcement claims these actions were motivated by political and ideological hostility.
No information on the measure of restraint is available.
On November 7, 2025, the Northern Fleet Military Court found Anatoly Astakhov guilty and sentenced him to 4 years in a general-regime correctional colony. Additionally, the court banned him from administering websites and channels on the internet for 3 years.
On March 2, 2026, the Appellate Military Court upheld the sentence unchanged.
Contact Information
Mailing Address
Астахов Анатолий Анатольевич, 25 февраля 1961 г. ФКУ ИК-14 УФСИН России по Архангельской области, адрес: 165115, Россия, Архангельская обл., Вельский р-н, дер. Горка-Муравьёвская, ул. Спецгородок, д. 1А связь через: ФСИН-письмо; Зонателеком
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