Independent media coverage focuses extensively on his role as a reliable enforcer of state repression, highlighting his panel's decisions to uphold or toughen long prison sentences for high-profile political prisoners, such as theater directors Zhenya Berкович and Svetlana Petriychuk, and individuals convicted in high-profile sabotage and terrorism trials.
Aleksandr Georgievich Darnitsyn is a judge presiding in the Russian Federation. Based on documented cases, his rulings frequently involve charges related to terrorism and treason, specifically under articles concerning the preparation of terrorist acts (205.1, 205.5), treason (275), and attempted participation in terrorist organizations (30, 205.5). The defendants in these cases include legal consultants and individuals accused of providing reconnaissance or attempting to join foreign military formations.
In 2023, Darnitsyn presided over the sentencing of Veronika Netunaeva, a legal consultant who received 6 years in a general regime penal colony for allegedly providing information about the Uglich hydroelectric power station to a person claiming to be a Ukrainian soldier. Other cases under his jurisdiction during this period include the sentencing of Vyacheslav Lutor to 10 years and Evgeny Bondarenko to 18 years for charges involving treason and terrorist activities.
Veronika Netunaeva, a legal consultant, was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime penal colony for aiding in the preparation of a terrorist act. She was accused of providing information about the Uglich hydroelectric
Vyacheslav Lutor was sentenced to 10 years in a strict regime colony for preparing to participate in a terrorist organization, preparing to commit treason, and collaborating with a representative of a foreign state. He w
Evgeny Bondarenko from Tula was sentenced to 18 years in prison for attempted treason, attempted participation in a terrorist organization, and involvement of another person in terrorist activities. He allegedly tried to
Beyond the hand-curated cases above, this actor is linked to 3 documented cases in The Detained corpus. The figures below are descriptive arithmetic computed by The Detained from those records — not any source organization’s assessment.
| Article | This actor | Peer avg | Peer median | Δ vs peer avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
30 | 14.0 yrs · 2 cases | 11.44 yrs | 10 yrs | n too small |
275 | 14.0 yrs · 2 cases | 12.77 yrs | 12 yrs | n too small |
205.1 | 12.0 yrs · 2 cases | 12.75 yrs | 12.25 yrs | n too small |
205.5 | 14.0 yrs · 2 cases | 14.36 yrs | 13 yrs | n too small |
33.5 | 6.0 yrs · 1 case | — | — | — |
30.1 | 6.0 yrs · 1 case | 7.83 yrs | 7.5 yrs | n too small |
Veronika Netunaeva, a legal consultant, was sentenced to 6 years in a general regime penal colony for aiding in the preparation of a terrorist act. She was accused of providing information about the Uglich hydroelectric power station to a person claiming to be a Ukrainian soldier.
Vyacheslav Lutor was sentenced to 10 years in a strict regime colony for preparing to participate in a terrorist organization, preparing to commit treason, and collaborating with a representative of a foreign state. He was detained at Vnukovo Airport and allegedly confessed to reconnaissance of an industrial object for
Evgeny Bondarenko from Tula was sentenced to 18 years in prison for attempted treason, attempted participation in a terrorist organization, and involvement of another person in terrorist activities. He allegedly tried to join the Ukrainian military formation "Azov" and recruited his acquaintance Tarasov.
Method — Peer baseline: cases in Russia citing the same criminal-code articles, with this actor’s cases excluded (111 sentenced peer cases). Case facts come from the sources cited on each linked case page; the comparisons are TD’s arithmetic. Full analytics & every linked case →