Eric Mangasarov
Eric Mangasarov, born 2004, Sverdlovsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparation for a terrorist attack); Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code (Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes); Article 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage, transportation, shipment or bearing of explosive substances…); “The Eric Mangasarov case”. Sentenced on April 11, 2024. Status: imprisoned.
In brief
Sverdlovsk Oblast · Yekaterinburg · Students · Terrorism cases
Sentence
Upheld July 7, 2025
Charges
- Article 205 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Preparation for a terrorist attack
- Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code — Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes
- Article 222.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal acquisition, transfer, storage, transportation, shipment or bearing of explosive substances or explosive devices
- Article 223.1 part 1, Russian Criminal Code — Illegal manufacture of explosives
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, he was preparing a terrorist act, illegally stored and manufactured explosives.
Latest event
July 7, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
The Eric Mangasarov case
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
The Eric Mangasarov case
Thematic group: The case of Yekaterinburg students of preparing a terrorist act
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Full summary
A resident of Yekaterinburg, a student of the railway transport college of the Ural State University of Railway Transport. Detained on the night of 25 February 2023 after writing "insults" against the Novator design bureau on the wall. His dorm room was then searched. Police found parts of an explosive device and "Ukrainian leaflets" in Mangasarov's possession. He was taken into custody on charges of preparation for a terrorist attack and possession and manufacture of an explosive device. A charge of undergoing training to carry out terrorist activities was later added to the case. On 11 April 2024, he was sentenced, details are unknown.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- pre-trial detention
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