Dmitrii Gromovoi
- Criminal Code
- Article 228.1 part 3 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 17 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2025-03-28
- Region
- Chelyabinsk Oblast
- City
- Chelyabinsk
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 15 ГУФСИН России по Челябинской области»
- Address for letters
- 456652, Челябинская обл., г. Копейск, ул. Томская, 4, ФКУ «ИК № 15 ГУФСИН России по Челябинской области», Громовой Дмитрий Александрович, 1983 г.р.
Case summary
Before his detention, he worked as a journalist in the editorial office of the newspaper "Public Defender", covering the topics of arbitrary behaviour of law enforcement agencies, and was also engaged in human rights activities.
Detained on 28 July 2020, taken into custody on 31 July 2020. At that time, the journalist was investigating the involvement of the Drug Control Department of the Chelyabinsk Region in the operation of online drug shops.
In October 2021, the ECHR ruled that the journalist's preventive measure should have been changed. The court in Chelyabinsk refused to do so in January 2023. His lawyer reported that according to the results of expert examinations, Gromovoy's DNA was not found on the drug parcels. On 31 January 2023, he went on hunger strike.
On 28 March 2025, Gromovoy was sentenced to 17 and a half years in a strict regime colony.
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