A case was opened against a former soldier who spoke about torture under terrorism charges.

In Moscow, a criminal case was opened against former military psychologist Timofey Rudenko under terrorism charges. Mediazona talks about this with reference to his mother Yulia Kiseleva.

writes Under what specific article the case was opened is still unknown. Kiseleva also reported that today an appeal against Rudenko’s fifth administrative arrest in a row was held, and the decision was approved.

For more than a year now, Rudenko has been detained on trumped-up charges of petty hooliganism (Part 1 of Article 20.1 of the Administrative Code). His mother suggests that the persecution is related to her son's anti-war statements. Last year, a man published a post on his VKontakte page condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and also left several anti-war comments in a telegram.

Previously, the former military man said that on May 7, 2022, they came to search him and took him to the Novokosino police department. “They handcuffed my hands and tied my legs, they tied a towel over my face so that I could barely breathe. They poured water on my head and all over my body so that everything would get wet. And they poked me in different places with a stun gun, starting from my head and all over my body, and between my legs. Everywhere,” he recalled. According to the man, in this way he was forced to sign a sincere confession to planning the terrorist attacks on May 9 and issue a confession, and when he did not do this, they drew up a report on petty hooliganism.

Rudenko also reported that police officers stated that he could “atone for his guilt before his homeland” by joining the Wagner PMC. In addition, according to an acquaintance of Rudnenko, they placed his head under the wheels of a car.

This year, the man was detained for the first time on May 18 at Zhukovsky airport while trying to fly to Kyrgyzstan. According to him, then they beat him again, used a stun gun, and threatened him. Ostankino District Court sentenced him to 15 days under the article of petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Administrative Code). After that, Rudenko was arrested four more times in a row, detained immediately upon leaving the special detention center.

Rudenko was arrested and charged under the article on public calls for terrorist activities and public justification of terrorism (Part 2, p. 205.2 of the Criminal Code). “Mediazona” is about this.

July 21 reported A criminal case was opened against Rudenko due to comments about Chechen separatists in a telegram. Mediazona talks about this, referring to the resolution to initiate the case.

13:01 reports Comments were written by the user “Maimul Maimulovich” from April 29 to May 1, 2022 in the telegram channel “Crimea - the land of partisan glory,” dedicated to military operations in Crimea and cases of sabotage on the peninsula.

Mediazona notes that the resolution does not provide the texts of the comments. These statements, according to the investigator, were “justification of the actions of members of illegal armed groups, supporters of [Dzhokhar] Dudayev, operating on the territory of the Chechen Republic and fighting in Ukraine against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.”

The prosecution claims that Rudenko wrote on behalf of the user “Maimul Maimulovich”. In the comments, according to the Investigative Committee, he “called for the commission of terrorist acts, sabotage, and terrorist attacks directed against government authorities in the Russian Federation.”

• After the start of the war in Ukraine, the Russian authorities began to react sharply to protest sentiments. The list of articles under which those who oppose the war are prosecuted is quite wide. Those involved in “anti-war cases” are often charged with hooliganism, vandalism, violence against government officials, and other violations. A significant element of pressure was also the articles introduced into the Criminal Code after the outbreak of hostilities - dissemination about the Russian army and armed forces. "fake" discredit