Sven Nordin
- Criminal Code
- Article 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 2 years
- Date of verdict
- 2024-06-07
- Region
- Kaliningrad Oblast
- City
- Bagrationovsk
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 15 April 2025
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Case summary
Resident of the Kaliningrad region, legal scholar, Swedish nationalist. On the 15th of August 2022, a search came to his home in a case of insulting the memory of a defender of the Fatherland. According to Nordin, force was used against him. The next day, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. In April 2023, the prosecutor's office returned the case to the investigation. On the 13th of March 2024, the court tightened the preventive measure by prohibiting Nordin from making phone calls and leaving the house at night. On the 7th of June 2024, Nordin was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.
In the colony Nordin was beaten by prisoners and his nose was broken.
In December 2025, he was released.
Others charged under Article 354.1 part 4, Russian Criminal Code
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