Personal Information
- Birth date
- 7 авг. 1976 г. (49 years old)
- Notes
- He was the owner of the glossy magazine "Kaluga Discovery", later he headed the Kaluga Palace of Culture. During the COVID-19 pandemic, 'actively spread conspiracy theories about vaccination on social networks.'", He moved to Moscow and became the editor-in-chief of the magazine "Restaurant Records. Published harsh statements against Putin, comparing him to Satan. Suffers from a disease included in the List of severe diseases that impede detention under arrest. Underwent obedience with the aim of taking monastic tonsure.
Soley Dmitriy Igorevich (Yushin)
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Kaluga Oblast
- Detention date:
- 28 мая 2025 г.
- Charges:
- Art. 205.2 CC RF Part 2
- Sentence:
- 2 years general regime
- Estimated release date:
- 27 мая 2027 г.
- Case categories:
- Anti-war case, Freedom of speech
- Rosfinmonitoring status:
- Added 2 июн. 2025 г.
Case Description
Abkhazia's self-proclaimed Republic detained a 48-year-old resident of Kaluga, blogger Dmitry Soley, on May 28, 2025. On the same day, a criminal case was opened against him for justifying terrorism. According to the investigation, in March 2024 Solei published a post on his social network page on VKontakte in which he justified the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall." In particular, he wrote: "A new 'Vietnam' in Ukraine will inevitably follow the terrorist attack in 'Crocus.'" This is for Kharkiv, for Kyiv, for Odesa. The published post was deleted in March 2024. A man was transferred to Kaluga, where on May 29, 2025, the Kaluga District Court of the Kaluga Region chose a measure of restraint for the case suspect in the form of detention. December 19, 2025, the 2nd Western Military District Court found Dmitry Sole guilty and sentenced him to 2 years of imprisonment in a general regime colony with deprivation of the right to administer websites on the Internet for 2 years.
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