Vladimir Shafirov
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war casesTerrorism cases
- Verdict
- Sentence unknown
- Date of verdict
- 2025-01-29
- Region
- Buryatia
Case 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
Others charged under Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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