Vakhtangi Rogava
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesTerrorism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 3 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2025-07-23
- Region
- Saint Petersburg
- City
- Saint Petersburg
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области»
- Address for letters
- 196641, Санкт-Петербург,поселок Металлострой, Северный проезд, 1, ФКУ «ИК № 5 УФСИН России по Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области», Рогава Вахтанги Вахтангиевич, 1993 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 16 December 2025
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Case summary
A resident of St. Petersburg. He studied at the Institute of Film and Television, worked as an extra in films, and later became an advertising professional, working at KudaGo. In March 2025, a criminal case was opened against him for publicly justifying terrorism over a comment in the "WESTERLY" Telegram channel, in which he spoke approvingly of the "Russian Volunteer Corps" (RVC): “What are you all talking about, are you kidding? Those Russians no longer exist; there is only a small number left, among which a small percentage of normal people have miraculously survived, such as the RVC.” On March 27, he was taken into custody.
On July 23, 2025, the court sentenced him to three and a half years in a general-regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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