Vladimir Shafirov
Vladimir Shafirov, born 1980, Buryatia. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Vladimir Shafirov's case on public justification of terrorism”. Sentenced on January 29, 2025. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Buryatia · Bloggers · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases
Sentence
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)
Full wording of the charges
The reason for the case was a video in which he says that ¨the old shit has announced mobilisation¨, because of which many in Buryatia "want to set fire to military enlistment offices", and also called "not just to sit on the couch", but to do something to stop the war.
Latest event
January 29, 2025 — first-instance verdict
The court issued a ruling.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
Criminal case
Vladimir Shafirov's case on public justification of terrorism
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Details and sources
Full summary
a resident of Buryatia. In 2021, he left Russia and was in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol when the full-scale invasion began. In December 2023 it became known that Shafirov was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism because of an anti-mobilisation video. In January 2025, a verdict was handed down, details is unknown
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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