Vladimir Mironov
- Criminal Code
- Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 280.3 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 3 years 4 months
- Date of verdict
- 2024-07-11
- Region
- Saint Petersburg
- City
- Saint Petersburg
- Address for letters
- 188800, Ленинградская область, г. Выборг, ул. Резервная, д. 2, ФКУ СИЗО-3 ГУФСИН России по г. Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области ("Выборг"), Миронов Владимир Николаевич, 1997 г.р.
Case summary
Postgraduate student of the Alferov Academic University. In February 2023, he was taken into custody in a case of hooliganism and discrediting the army because of broken windows in the building of the military registration and enlistment office and anti-war inscriptions on the walls. At first it was reported that Mironov was charged with repeated discrediting of the army (part 1 of article 280.3 of the Criminal Code), but later it became known that he was charged with discrediting the army with causing damage (part 2 of article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). On 12 July 2024, Mironov was sentenced to four years in a general regime penal colony. On 11 February 2025, the court of appeal reduced the sentence by eight months. On 2 July 2025, Mironov was released from the penal colony.
Others charged under Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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