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Roman Nasryev

ImprisonedChecked October 18, 2026

Roman Nasryev, born 1995, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Charges: Article 205 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)); Article 205.3, Russian Criminal Code (Receiving training for the commission of terrorist crimes); “The case of arson of the town hall in Bakal”. Sentence (April 10, 2023): 19 years' imprisonment (the first 4 years in prison, the other 15 years in a strict regime penal colony). Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since October 13, 2022; place of detention: Prison, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, July 14, 2023.

In brief

Chelyabinsk Oblast · Chelyabinsk · Artists · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases

Sentence

19 years

imprisonment (the first 4 years in prison, the other 15 years in a strict regime penal colony)

Verdict April 10, 2023

Upheld August 28, 2024

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, on the night of October 11th, he with Nuriev broke a window on the ground floor of the Bakal town hall and threw two "Molotov cocktails" there. The fire was extinguished by a security guard before the firefighters arrived. The men were detained several hours later. On October 13th, the Central District Court of Chelyabinsk sent them to a pre-trial detention centre for two months. Initially, Nuriev and Nasryev were charged with intentional destruction and property damage (Article 167 of the Criminal Code), but later the case was reclassified to the commission of a terrorist act by a group of people by prior conspiracy (paragraph "a" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code). The press service of the Federal Security Service Directorate for the region noted that the detainees "are members of several dozen left- and right-wing radical internet communities, including pro-Ukrainian nationalist ones". Then another case against Nuriev and Nasryev was brought for training to carry out terrorist activities (Article 205.3 of the Criminal Code). A source in security forces told URA.RU portal that the musicians "took training to carry out terrorist activities. They took the courses via the Internet and by phone. The arson attack on the town hall was a premeditated action".

Latest event

August 28, 2024 — appeal

The court upheld the verdict.

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  2. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners

  3. · First-instance verdict

    guilty verdict · 19 years

  4. · Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”

  5. · Preventive measure: pre-trial detention

    Facility operating under the remand centre regime (PFRSI) at the Federal Penal Correctional Institution-2 (FCU IK-2 GUFSIN) for the Sverdlovsk Region

  6. · Persecution begins

    The case of arson of the town hall in Bakal

Criminal case

The case of arson of the town hall in Bakal

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Anti-war case

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Facility: Prison, Chelyabinsk Oblast

Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)

457670, ул. Северная д.1, Челябинская область, г. Верхнеуральск, ФКУ «Тюрьма ГУФСИН России по Челябинской области», Насрыев Роман Раифович, 1995 г.р.

Address checked October 18, 2026

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

A resident of the town of Bakal, a member of the postpunk band Room32, worked as a driver for the Rosgvardiya. He was detained on a charge of arson of a military recruiting office. In a pre-trial detention centre, he said that he committed the arson as a protest against the war and mobilisation. The case was at first initiated under the article on damaging property, but then reclassified as a terrorist act. Later, Nasryev was also accused of taking terrorist training. On April 10th, 2023, he was sentenced to 19 years in a strict regime penal colony.

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