Sergei Mironov
- Criminal Code
- Article 275 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (strict regime)
- Sentence
- 9 years
- Date of verdict
- 2025-02-04
- Region
- Volgograd Oblast
- Facility
- ФКУ СИЗО-2 УФСИН России по Волгоградской области
- Address for letters
- 405850, Волгоградская область, г. Камышин, ул. Рабочая, 38, ФКУ СИЗО-2 УФСИН России по Волгоградской области, Миронов Сергей Геннадьевич, 1981 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 3 July 2025
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Case summary
A resident of Kamyshin, Volgograd region. On 13 February 2024 he was detained at the railway station and then detained for 14 days under the administrative article on petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences). On 27 February 2024 upon the end of the arrest term, he was detained again for 14 days under the same article. When the second term of administrative arrest ended, Mironov was taken into custody on charges of preparation for high treason. According to the prosecution, he intended to join the AFU. On 4 February 2025 Mironov was sentenced to nine years in a strict regimen colony.
Others charged under Article 275 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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