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Sergey Ozerov

At largeChecked October 18, 2026

Sergey Ozerov, born 1972, Moscow. Charges: Article 205 item a (part unknown) applied with Article 30 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code (Preparation or attempt to commit a group terrorist attack); Article 205 part 2 applied with Article 30 part 1, Russian Criminal Code (Preparation for a terrorist attack (by a group or with serious consequences)); Article 205.4 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Participation in a terrorist community); “The "Kremlin arsonists" case”. Sentence (January 21, 2019): 8 year's imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: at large. Recognition: Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, March 25, 2019; Memorial Human Rights Centre — recognised as a political prisoner, March 18, 2019.

In brief

Moscow · Moscow · Manual workers · Terrorism cases, Cases related to mass actions

Sentence

8 years

8 year's imprisonment in a strict regime colony

Verdict January 21, 2019

Upheld July 15, 2019

Charges

Full wording of the charges

According to the investigation, he took part in the terrorist community "Artpodgotovka" and participated in preparations for the commission of a terrorist act in the form of arson against the objects of state authorities of the Russian Federation and objects of critical infrastructure of the Russian Federation.

Latest event

November 1, 2025 — imprisonment ends

Checked October 18, 2026 · no changes since October 15

Recognition by rights defenders

Timeline

  1. · Imprisonment ends

  2. · Imprisonment begins

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

  4. · Appeal ruling

    upheld

  5. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Union of Solidarity with Political Prisoners

  6. · Recognised as a political prisoner

    Memorial Human Rights Centre

Criminal case

The "Kremlin arsonists" case

Other defendants in the case

Thematic group: Cases of the "Maltsev revolution"

Details and sources

Full summary

According to OVD-Info

Resident of Arzamas, supporter of Vyacheslav Maltsev, In October 2017, he came to Moscow after learning that Maltsev was calling for participation in the 5 November revolution. Detained late in the evening of 1 November in a rented flat. According to Ozerov, he and other detainees were held for about an hour and a half on the floor with an open balcony stripped to the waist, after which it was discovered that Molotov cocktails had been found in the flat. Ozerov claims that they were planted in the flat. The next day the court arrested Ozerov for 15 days under the administrative article on disobedience to the lawful demands of police officers. On 17 November, Ozerov was taken into custody under the criminal case of participation in a terrorist community and preparation of a terrorist act. Four people were detained in the flat, but only three of them appear in the case, the fourth - Vadim Mayorov - disappeared immediately after the detainees were taken out of the flat. Shortly before the detention, Mayorov suggested using weapons and methods of conspiracy on 5 November, in connection with which Ozerov and other defendants in the case consider him a provocateur.

In January 2019, the court granted the prosecutor's office's motion and dropped the charge of participation in a terrorist community. On 22 January, he was sentenced to eight years in a strict regime colony. On 1 November 2025, he was released from prison.

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Sources (2)

Other people prosecuted under Article 205 item a (part unknown) applied with Article 30 (part unknown), Russian Criminal Code

Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.

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