Ushangi Mamulashvili (Mamuka Mamulashvili)
Ushangi Mamulashvili (Mamuka Mamulashvili), born 1978, Occupied territory of Donetska oblast. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)); “Georgian mercenaries' case”. Sentence (November 26, 2024): 23 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony in absentia. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Occupied territory of Donetska oblast · Military personnel · Extremism cases
Sentence
23 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony in absentia
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries (based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on grounds of hatred or enmity in relation to any social group)
- Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, from April 2014 to May 2024, he recruited foreign mercenaries, as well as trained and armed them. For this, he received remuneration equivalent to more than 23 million roubles. In April 2022, he publicly expressed his anti-Russian views and false information about the Russian military.
Latest event
November 26, 2024 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 23 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 23 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Georgian mercenaries' case
Criminal case
Georgian mercenaries' case
Details and sources
Full summary
Commander of the Georgian National Legion fighting on the side of Ukraine. In October 2023, he was put on the wanted list in a case of mercenarism and recruitment of mercenaries. Later it became known that he was also accused of inciting hatred and spreading deliberately false information about the Russian Armed Forces. On 26 November 2024, Mamulashvili was sentenced to 23 years in a strict regime colony.
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.