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Gneushev Andrei Vladimirovich

Date of birth: May 14, 1985 (41 years old)
City of residence: д. Пуково Дедовичского района
Article of the Criminal Code:  205.2 ч. 2
Form of repression:  deprivation of liberty
Pursuit stage:  решение суда вступило в силу
Sentence:  5 лет 1 месяц лишения свободы в колонии общего режима
Date of sentencing:  January 27, 2026
Current location:  unknown

In May 2023, Andrei Gneushev wrote a comment on his Telegram channel criticizing the intelligentsia's pacifism and praising the Russian Volunteer Corps. Two years later, a criminal case was opened against him for publicly justifying terrorism. On January 27, 2026, the court sentenced Gneushev, a father of five, to 5 years and 1 month in a general regime penal colony, taking him into custody in the courtroom.