Pavel Green-Romanov
- Criminal Code
- Article 318 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Cases related to mass actions
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 3 years
- Date of verdict
- 2021-04-09
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
Case summary
Was employed as an administrator at a computer club.
In February 2021, he was detained and on 4 February was taken into custody by court order on charges of using violence against a representative of the authorities at a rally in support of Aleksei Navalny on 31 January. Initially, Green-Romanov was charged with the use of violence not dangerous to life and health, then reclassified as dangerous. On 9 April, he was sentenced to three and a half years in a general regime colony. On 20 July, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by six months.
Pavel claims that at the action on 31 January he tried to protect his wife and admitted his guilt in spraying the spray can at the rosgvargiya serviceman, partially, as due to the lowered visor the latter could not suffer any harm to health.
In April, Grin-Romanov was transferred to a colony in Perm Krai until the appeal is heard. Because of this, he has no opportunity to meet with his lawyers and relatives, nor can he familiarise himself with the case materials in court.
On 10 November 2023, Grin-Romanov was released.
Others charged under Article 318 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Name withheld
What we write about political persecution
Recent material from this section. This is section navigation — the articles below are not about this person.
- 2026-09-04Georgia court clears extradition of Fugal ally to Russia
- 2026-09-04Russia labels Novaya Gazeta a 'foreign agent,' adds over 100 affiliated names
- 2026-09-04Russian court sentences hostage-takers from Rostov detention center to up to 29 years
- 2026-09-04Two Yabloko Duma candidates detained in Moscow two days before vote
- 2026-09-03British man says Russian police beat him, jumped on his head at station in Yessentuki
Source: this person’s record in the OVD-Info political persecution database
Published under CC BY 3.0. The criteria for treating a person as politically persecuted belong to OVD-Info; FACTUM relays their assessment and makes none of its own.
OVD-Info has been designated an «extremist» organisation in Russia — by decision of the Russian authorities, like other independent human rights and media projects.