✊ Fundraising and Support for anarchist Ruslan Sidiki
by Moscow ABC https://t.me/abc_moscow_en/40 thefreeonline https://t.me/thefreeonline/4106
On May 23, anarchist Ruslan Sidiki was sentenced to a record-breaking 29 years in prison.
He received this sentence for two acts of sabotage against military infrastructure: blowing up a railway track and carrying out a drone attack on an airfield. No one was hurt.
Ruslan carefully planned the actions to avoid casualties. As a result of the airfield attack, the runway was damaged, and the controlled explosion on the railway tracks caused the derailment of 19 freight train wagons.
Despite the absence of any casualties, Ruslan was sentenced to 29 years in prison!
This is unthinkable in a country where murder usually carries a sentence of around 10 years.
Under such conditions, there’s no hope for justice—but Ruslan is an Italian citizen, so there is a chance for a prisoner exchange.
Ruslan’s lawyer also filed a petition to have him recognized as a prisoner of war (under the Geneva Conventions,.members of resistance movements can also be granted POW status), to increase the chances of such an exchange.
When Ruslan was detained, he was brutally tortured (source), and later threatened with more torture.
When Ruslan was detained, he was brutally tortured (source), and later threatened with more torture.
That is yet another reason why we believe it is essential to provide him with legal support.
We are raising 210,000 rubles to pay for a lawyer’s work for three months.
This includes filing an appeal, visiting Ruslan, and other necessary legal actions.
Support the fundraiser! No one should be left without legal defense!
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Write to Ruslan
Address:
Sidiki Ruslan Kasemovich, born 1988
SIZO-2 ul. Krasnaya d.1. a
391999, Ryazanskaya oblast g. Ryazhsk Russia
Note that letters should be written in Russian – you may use online translation tools for that.
Letters can also be sent via the online service PrisonMail.Online (https://prisonmail.online/ ).
Berlin: benefit concert for Ruslan Sidiki
Direct action is a Spcream.
A scream of confidence, despair, and faith.
Today, such a scream carries serious consequences.
How can we stay indifferent when countries are being destroyed, when people are dying, when our friends and comrades are being killed? When tyrants celebrate on their thrones, playing with the fate of thousands of lives?
In such moments, this scream remains the only solution
— when all other paths lead to a dead end.
Ruslan Sidiki, like many of our comrades, could not stay silent. Faced with militarist and imperial evil, he said his “Enough.”
For this, he was sentenced to 29 years in prison.
On September 13 in Berlin, at the space K19, we are coming together — to support everyone who chooses their scream against dictators and systems of oppression.
And to support Ruslan, raising funds for his legal defense and needs in prison.
Freedom, punk, and peace — for everyone, except dictatorial regimes!
Where? Kreutzigerstraße 19, 10247 Berlin
When? 13.09, doors 19:00
All funds raised will be used to support Ruslan Sidiki
🏴🏴🏴
Amsterdam: MKZ Held a Solidarity Dinner for Ruslan
Anarchist Group Amsterdam (AGA) held a solidarity meal on August 8th ’25 to support anarchist and partisan Ruslan Sidiki, who has been sentenced to 29 years in a Russian prison for acts of sabotage against military infrastructure.
Sidiki, a dual citizen of Russia and Italy, carried out two attacks in 2023.
The first took place in the summer, when he attempted to strike the Dyagilevo military airfield near his home in the Ryazan Region using drones.
He later explained that the sound of military aircraft overhead coincided with Russian strikes on Ukraine, which influenced his choice of target.
Despite the attack, authorities failed to identify or apprehend Sidiki at the time.
The second act of sabotage occurred in November 2023, when Sidiki planted explosives on a military railway line, causing 19 freight cars to derail.
He stated that this line was used to transport fuel and equipment to Russian forces fighting in Ukraine.
Ruslan was later arrested and tortured by the Russian security services. Despite the risk he faces in prison, Sidiki openly expresses his views and has described in detail the acts of sabotage he carried out.
You can read his court statement here.
Being in a Russian prison is a serious ordeal, so any material support is important — including funds for legal fees, as the lawyer is the prisoner’s only link to the outside world.
✊🍽💌 After the meal at MKZ, Amsterdam, to support Ruslan we signed cards and wrote letters to show support.
📍 MKZ
Eerste Schinkelstraat 16, 1075TX Amsterdam
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