Roman Nasryev
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)
Upheld August 28, 2024
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
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.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, July 14, 2023
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 19 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· 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
· 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
- Alexei Nuriev — Imprisoned, 19 years
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
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.
Details and sources
Full summary
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.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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