Dmitrii Liamin
Dmitrii Liamin, born 1991, Ivanovo Oblast. Charges: Article 205 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Terrorist attack); “The case of arson of the military recruitment centre in Shuya”. Sentence (April 12, 2023): 8 years' imprisonment, compulsory psychiatric treatment at the place of serving the sentence. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since September 1, 2023; place of detention: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Kostroma Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, March 11, 2024.
In brief
Ivanovo Oblast · Ivanovo · Entrepreneurs · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases
Sentence
8 years
imprisonment, compulsory psychiatric treatment at the place of serving the sentence
Upheld July 3, 2023
Charges
- Article 205 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Terrorist attack
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in March 2022, he threw a "homemade incendiary device" in the window of the military recruitment centre in Shuya.
Latest event
March 11, 2024 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, March 11, 2024
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The case of arson of the military recruitment centre in Shuya
Criminal case
The case of arson of the military recruitment centre in Shuya
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Pre-trial detention centre No. 1, Kostroma Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
156005, г. Кострома, ул. Советская, д. 88, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Костромской области, Лямин Дмитрий Александрович, 1991 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Shuya, Ivanovo Oblast. He was detained on 19 March 2022 in connection with an arson attack on a military recruitment centre. During a search, officers seized a poster reading: "No to Russia’s war against Ukraine!!" The case was initially opened on charges of attempted damage or destruction of property, but was later reclassified as a terrorist attack. In late June, it became known that Liamin had been transferred to Moscow — apparently for a psychiatric assessment at the Serbsky National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology. For unknown reasons, he refused his privately hired lawyer; human rights defender Ivan Astashin believes Liamin was pressured.
On 12 April 2023, Liamin was sentenced to eight years in prison and assigned compulsory psychiatric treatment at the place of detention.
In May, he lost both of his parents.
In February 2026, it became known that a new criminal case had been opened against him. He is accused of involving others in terrorist activity. The investigation claims that he persuaded another prisoner to join the Freedom of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps.
According to Liamin, the case file includes five audio recordings of his conversations with other inmates. He says they approached him themselves and spoke about wanting to join the units.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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