Vladislav Mayer
Vladislav Mayer, born 1998, Murmansk Oblast. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); Article 275, Russian Criminal Code (Treason against the state); “Vladislav Maier's case of public justification of terrorism and treason”. Sentence (November 14, 2025): 14 years' deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restricted liberty. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since April 1, 2025; place of detention: Penal colony No. 17, Murmansk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, March 13, 2026.
In brief
Murmansk Oblast, Saint Petersburg · Murmansk, Saint Petersburg · Terrorism cases
Sentence
14 years
deprivation of liberty in a strict regime colony, 1 year of restricted liberty
Upheld April 7, 2026
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
- Article 275, Russian Criminal Code — Treason against the state
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, on 24 February 2022, while in Murmansk, he made a transfer of 300 rubles from his bank account to a Ukrainian PrivatBank bank card used to raise funds for the Azov battalion. On 22 August 2023, using the cryptocurrency service "BitBits" (a service that allows you to convert money from a Russian account into cryptocurrency and send it to someone else), he transferred 1,000 rubles to an electronic wallet used to raise funds for RDK. From 1 December 2024 to 10 February 2025, while living in the village of Pargolovo in St. Petersburg, he entered into correspondence in Telegram chat with the owner of the account "Zhenya" (@Jekich Work), who, according to the investigation, was a representative of the special services of Ukraine. On the assignment of "Zhenya" Mayer went to Kronstadt on 10 February 2025, where from 12:41 to 13:05 he took nine photos with his smartphone of "the locations of units of the Leningrad naval base of the Baltic Fleet, its infrastructure and places where ships and vessels are parked", which he then sent to "Zhenya". As a reward for these actions, 196.74 USDT, or 16,962.92 rubles at the exchange rate at the time, was transferred to Mayer's cryptocurrency wallet on 12 March. This was qualified by the court as espionage - "transfer to the enemy of information that can be used against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, other troops, military formations and bodies of the Russian Federation, committed in the conditions of other actions with the use of weapons and military equipment with the participation of the Russian Federation". On 19 January 2024, under a post in the Telegram channel "White Powder" about military actions, RDK left a comment ""Our boys (two emoji symbols demonstrating success, confidence, strength)", containing psychological and linguistic signs of justification of terrorism". This is how the linguistic expertise describes the symbols "😎 🦾" accompanying the comment.
Latest event
April 7, 2026 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, March 13, 2026
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 14 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Vladislav Maier's case of public justification of terrorism and treason
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Criminal case
Vladislav Maier's case of public justification of terrorism and treason
- Case number
- 1-22/2025
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Facility: Penal colony No. 17, Murmansk Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
183035, Россия, г. Мурманск, ул. Угольная база, 9, ФКУ «ИК № 17 УФСИН России по Мурманской области», Майер Владислав Игоревич, 1998 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of St. Petersburg, he worked as a courier. On 1 April 2025, he was detained in Kazan. On 3 April he was searched at his home, after which he was taken into custody. He was accused of treason in the form of transferring money to the Azov battalion and the Russian Volunteer Corps and transferring information about Russian military courts to Ukraine, as well as publicly justifying terrorism in connection with the endorsement of the activities of the RDK. On 14 November 2025, Mayer was sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime colony.
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- Citizenship
- Russia
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