20:47, 12 March 2026

Journalist Sergei Reznik was convicted in absentia on five criminal charges.

The Rostov Regional Court sentenced investigative journalist Sergei Reznik, who lives outside of Russia, to ten years in prison on charges of extremism, rehabilitation of Nazism, and extortion.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," in November 2025, relatives and friends of Rostov journalist Sergei Reznik, who had fled Russia and was charged in four criminal cases, faced demands to disclose his whereabouts.

In October 2021, it became known that Sergei Reznik was placed on the wanted list by the Center for Combating Extremism. Reznik, who lives outside of Russia, suggested that his professional activities were the reason. In December 2022, Sergei Reznik was added to the Rosfinmonitoring Service's list of terrorists and extremists. The journalist reported that a fourth criminal case had been opened against him under the article on public calls for extremist activity. In 2023, the Rostov Region Directorate of the Federal Security Service (FSB) reported that a case had been opened against Reznik under the article on fake news about the army. In the third criminal case, Reznik was accused of extorting money from the director of a Rostov market.

The Rostov Regional Court sentenced journalist Sergei Reznik to 10 years in prison on charges of extremism and rehabilitation of Nazism, the journalist himself announced on his Facebook page*.

According to the case file on the Rostov Regional Court's website, the verdict was handed down on March 11. The operative part of the decision has not yet been published. The journalist was found guilty of public calls for extremist activity, discrediting the army, extortion, and two cases of rehabilitation of Nazism. Commenting on the court's decision, the journalist noted that the Russian court had sentenced him to a new prison term. "Colleagues, congratulations! This time, I'm sentenced to ten years in prison. It doesn't matter what the charges are. Will anyone ever ask if I miss my biological homeland?" he wrote on social media.

Sergey Reznik is a Rostov journalist who wrote about the governor's corrupt activities. He served a prison sentence from November 2013 and was recognized as a political prisoner. He was released in late October 2016. He was nominated for the "Hero of the Caucasus 2013" competition by the "Caucasian Knot." A biography of Sergei Reznik has been published in the "Personalities" section of the "Caucasian Knot" website.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/421549