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Vladislav Mordasov

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Vladislav Mordasov, born 1996, Rostov Oblast. Charges: Article 212 part 1 applied with Article 30 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Attempt to organize mass riots); “The case of Vladislav Mordasov and Yan Sidorov”. Sentence (July 29, 2020): four years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Amnesty International — recognised as a prisoner of conscience, November 11, 2018; Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, October 7, 2018.

In brief

Rostov Oblast · Rostov-on-Don · Manual workers · Cases related to mass actions

Sentence

4 years

four years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony

Sentence changed July 29, 2020

First instance, October 3, 2019: 6 years 7 months

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, sharing the views of "Artpodgotovka", committed deliberate actions directly aimed at organising mass riots; no later than 20 October 2017, with the intention to organise and participate in mass riots on the territory of Rostov-on-Don, with the aim of destabilising the political situation in the country and selecting associates to carry out "forceful" actions, namely mass riots in public places, accompanied by pogroms, arson, destruction of property, use of objects that pose a danger to occupants of public places, and the use of objects that pose a danger to the public.

Latest event

November 3, 2021 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Persecution ends

  3. · Cassation ruling

    sentence changed · 4 years

  4. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 6 years 7 months

  5. · Recognised as a prisoner of conscience

    Amnesty International

  6. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

Criminal case

The case of Vladislav Mordasov and Yan Sidorov

Case number
1-300/2015

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: The case of preparation for mass riots in Rostov-on-Don; Cases of the "Maltsev revolution"

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

On 3 November 2017, two days before the planned march to Sovetov Square in Rostov-on-Don in response to Vyacheslav Maltsev's call to stage a "revolution", Vladislav Mordasov, one of the administrators of a Telegram chat room dedicated to the action, received a call from the police and was offered a meeting. Mordasov left home and spent the night at the home of Yan Sidorov, with whom they were preparing for the event together. On 5 November 2017, Mordasov, together with Sidorov, was detained after going out on a picket. On the same day, employees of the Centre for Counteracting Extremism questioned him - as he later reported, he was subjected to threats and violence, in connection with which he was forced to incriminate himself and his comrade Yan Sidorov, with whom he was detained together. On 6 November he was arrested for seven days under the article on organising an uncoordinated event. Later, he said that employees of the Centre "E" came to him in the special detention centre and demanded to give a confession. On 9 November a case of preparation for mass riots was opened. On 10 November Mordasov was taken from the special detention centre to the investigation department, and on the way he continued to be pressured by the employees of the Centre "E". In the investigative department the pressure and violence continued, Mordasov again gave testimony in which he incriminated himself. The interrogation was attended by a lawyer by appointment, who was not supposed to be on duty that day. On 12 November he was arrested on the criminal case.

On 4 October 2019 he was sentenced to six years and seven months in a strict regime colony. The court of appeal left the judgement unchanged. On 30 July 2020 the court of cassation reclassified the charge from attempted to preparation for organising mass riots and reduced the sentence to four years. He was released on 3 November 2021.

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Sources (3)

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