A resident of Kursk sued 120 thousand rubles for illegal criminal prosecution

Kirovsky district court of Kursk considered the claim of a 48-year-old local resident to the Treasury of the Russian Federation (represented by the Ministry of Finance) for compensation for damage caused by illegal criminal prosecution. The man demanded compensation for moral damage, property losses and legal costs.

It is known that in August 2025, the Kuryan was accused under Part 1 of Article 173.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (illegal provision of a passport for registration of a front person in the USRUL).

Investigative measures lasted more than four months - until the end of December. During this time, the man was repeatedly interrogated in different procedural statuses, assigned a psychiatric examination and conducted a search in his apartment. The measure of restraint was a subscription not to leave, restricting freedom of movement.

In October, the criminal case was sent to the prosecutor, but he was returned for further investigation. Only on December 29, 2025, the proceedings were discontinued due to the lack of corpus delicti, recognizing the citizen’s right to rehabilitation.

For moral suffering due to the inability to move freely, the deterioration of the condition of his elderly sick mother, the former defendant in the case requested in the lawsuit a substantial amount of 580 thousand rubles, including 30 thousand for litigation costs.

But the amounts claimed were found to be overstated. As a result, the court decided to recover 120 thousand rubles from the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, the press service of the judicial system of the Kursk region said.