Boris Romanov
Boris Romanov, born 1985, Saint Petersburg. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); “In St. Petersburg, Boris Romanov's case of "fakes" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine”. Sentence (February 28, 2024): 6 years in a general regime penal colony in absentia with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to… Status: not in Russia. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, June 28, 2022.
In brief
Saint Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Teachers · Anti-war cases
Sentence
6 years
in a general regime penal colony in absentia with deprivation of the right to engage in activities related to the administration of websites or information and telecommunications networks, including the Internet, for a period of 4 years.
Upheld March 6, 2025
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries (based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on grounds of hatred or enmity in relation to any social group)
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was a video published on Vkontakte, in which a man resembling Romanov congratulates the deputies of the Svetlanovsky Municipality Council of Deputies on the end of the war following negotiations in Istanbul.
Latest event
March 6, 2025 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, June 28, 2022
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 6 years
· Preventive measure: ban on certain activities
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
In St. Petersburg, Boris Romanov's case of "fakes" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
In St. Petersburg, Boris Romanov's case of "fakes" about the activities of the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
St. Petersburg activist and human rights defender. Detained on 10 May 2022, placed in custody the next day. On 28 July, the measure of restriction was changed to a prohibition on certain actions. After Romanov failed to appear at court hearings three times, he was put on a wanted list. On 28 February 2024, Romanov was sentenced in absentia to six years' imprisonment.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Preventive measures
- ban on certain activities
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.