Veselov Sergey Andreevich

In Elektrostal, Moscow Oblast, in March 2024, 26-year-old local resident Sergey Veselov was detained. According to the security forces, he tried to join the Legion "Freedom of Russia. Allegedly, Veselov subscribed to the Telegram channel of the 'Legion' and received certain assignments from a curator. A criminal case was initiated against the man for participating in a terrorist organization and he was sent to a pre-trial detention center. In June 2024, based on a court decision, Veselova was placed in a stationary psychiatric examination at the institute named after. Serbian. Later it became known that the charges against Veselov were toughened - hooliganism and "fakes" about the Russian army were added on the grounds of political hatred. According to the investigation, on February 27, 2024, on the orders of the curator of the Legion 'Freedom of Russia,' he wrote with a marker on a bus stop: 'The losses of the RF army killed are approximately 500 thousand.'", On May 15, 2025, the 2nd Western District Military Court found Sergey Veselov guilty and sentenced him to 13 years in a strict regime colony with the first 4 years to be served in prison and a ban on administering websites on the Internet for 3 years.