Personal Information
- Birth date
- 16 февр. 1969 г. (57 years old)
- Special circumstances
- activist, human rights defender, in emigration
- Notes
- Former deputy of the Assembly of Representatives of the Right-Bank District of North Ossetia. He was a militiaman during the seizure of the school in Beslan in September 2004, was wounded, and then helped former Beslan hostages a lot, including organizing medical assistance for them abroad. Spoke out against political repression and authoritarian tendencies, participated in the actions of the United Civil Front movement, organized rallies and pickets, including protests against the abolition of the election of governors and the activities of the gambling business in the region. He was a multiple organizer of protests against republican and federal authorities." In 2006, in an interview with the newspaper Kommersant, he criticized Ramzan Kadyrov, after which a chair stylized as an electric chair was delivered to his office. Having married a citizen of Ukraine, he moved to Kyiv and regularly publicly condemns the military invasion. Recognizes the independence of South Ossetia.
Aseev Vissarion Vladimirovich
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
- Charges:
- Art. 205.2 CC RF Part 2
- Case categories:
- Civil activist cases, Anti-war case, Freedom of speech
- Rosfinmonitoring status:
- Added 5 сент. 2025 г.
Case Description
No later than June 2025, a criminal case was initiated in North Ossetia on charges of terrorism calls against 56-year-old human rights defender, former resident of Beslan, Vissarion Aseev. The reason for the criminal prosecution was a post he made on Facebook shortly after the start of the full-scale invasion, on March 16, 2022. In it, he called on the Ossetians to "stay at home" and not go to fight in Ukraine. 3. 'What the hell are Ossetians going to Ukraine to die?' Sit at home! If you want to kill, kill Putin!" - wrote Aseyev. According to the investigation, this comment was recognized by an expert examination as an informational call for terrorist activity - 'an attack on the life of a state official with the aim of terminating his activities.'" Sam Aseyev has been living in Kyiv since 2014 and regularly publicly condemns the military invasion. The defendant in the case was put on the wanted list. In 2023, Aseev was fined for 'discrediting' the army - in one of his posts he condemned the annexation of Crimea.
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