Personal Information
- Birth date
- 4 сент. 2001 г. (24 years old)
Smirnov Dmitriy Vyacheslavovich
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Arkhangelsk Oblast
- Charges:
- Art. 205.2 CC RF Part 2
- Case categories:
- Anti-war case, "Extremist" statements, Justification of terrorism
- Rosfinmonitoring status:
- Added 25 авг. 2023 г., Removed 19 апр. 2025 г.
Case Description
On August 25, 2023, a criminal case was opened against Dmitry Smirnov in Novodvinsk (Arkhangelsk Oblast) due to anti-war posts on VKontakte. In the opinion of law enforcement officers, the young man published posts in which he expressed a negative attitude towards the actions of the Russian authorities in Ukraine, and also "publicly declared that he recognized the ideology and practice of terrorism as correct, in need of support and imitation". It is not reported what exactly his statements consisted of. Dmitry is accused of publicly justifying terrorism, and on August 25, 2023, he was added to the list of 'terrorists and extremists' by Rosfinmonitoring.
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