Moscow Convicts Ex-Ukrainian MP Mosiiuchuk in Absentia
The Moscow City Court sentenced former Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine deputy Igor Mosiychuk to five years in a prison colony in absentia for an attack on the Russian Embassy in Kyiv.
Consensus
- Igor Mosiiuchuk was sentenced in absentia by the Moscow City Court for participating in an attack on the Russian embassy in Kyiv in 2016.
- The attack involved throwing stones, flasks with hard-to-remove liquids, and pyrotechnics.
- The court found Mosiiuchuk guilty under part 2 of Article 360 of the Russian Criminal Code, which pertains to attacks on diplomatic missions to complicate international relations.
- Mosiiuchuk is listed by Rosfinmonitoring as a terrorist and extremist.
- Mosiiuchuk is in international fugitive status.
- A former assistant of Mosiiuchuk, Tatyana Bliznuk, was also sentenced in absentia in June 2025 to 13 years in prison.
- The court ordered Mosiiuchuk and Bliznuk to pay 1.8 million rubles in compensation to an insurance company.
- The attack caused significant material damage to the embassy's property and disrupted its operations.
Points of divergence
- Moscow City Court sentenced Mosiiuchuk to five years in prison, not eight. — vm
- The court sentenced Mosiiuchuk to eight years in prison, but the text also states five years, creating a contradiction. — vm
- The attack occurred on March 6, 2016, and involved pyrotechnics and fragments of cobblestone. — kommersant
- The attack involved throwing stones and flasks with hard-to-remove liquids; it does not mention pyrotechnics or cobblestone fragments. — vm
- Mosiiuchuk was arrested in absentia in 2016 by a Moscow court. — vm
- Mosiiuchuk was not arrested in absentia in 2016; the text does not mention a prior arrest. — kommersant
- Roman Ragozin was sentenced in July to nine years in prison for the same case. — kommersant
- No mention of Roman Ragozin being sentenced. — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- Former Verkhovna Rada deputy Mosiychuk sentenced in absentia in Moscow: for what, how many years did he receive — Вечерняя Москва
- In Russia, Mosiychuk was sentenced in absentia for an attack on the embassy in Kyiv in 2016 — Коммерсантъ
Key entities
- Igor Mosiychuk
- Kyiv
- Ukraine
- Moscow
- Russia
- Moscow City Court
- Verkhovna Rada
- TASS
- Former Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada