Roman Mayorov
- Criminal Code
- Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime), Fine
- Sentence
- 4 years 10 months
- Date of verdict
- 2025-04-07
- Region
- Moscow Oblast
Case summary
Resident of the Moscow region. Since March 22, 2024, he has been arrested five times under administrative articles. According to the project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial", while Mayorov was in a special detention center, law enforcers studied the contents of his phone. On May 19, 2024, he was taken into custody after being charged with confidential cooperation with foreigners because of his correspondence with a Ukrainian blogger: the investigation team considered the latter to be a representative of the Ukrainian secret services. On April 7, 2025, Mayorov was sentenced to four years and 10 months in a general regime colony and a fine of 300 thousand rubles.
Others charged under Article 275.1, Russian Criminal Code
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