Roman Shport
- Criminal Code
- Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal CodeArticle 275.1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Terrorism cases
- Verdict
- Imprisonment (open prison colony), Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 5 years 6 months
- Date of verdict
- 2024-01-14
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
- Facility
- ФКУ «ИК № 4 УФСИН России по Тверской области»
- Address for letters
- 172011, Тверская область, г. Торжок, ул. Старицкая, д. 79, ФКУ «ИК № 4 УФСИН России по Тверской области», Шпорт Роман Александрович, 1997 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 15 October 2024
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 15 October 2024
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Case summary
A resident of Moscow. He was detained on 3 January 2023 and taken into custody on charges of publicly justifying terrorism for putting up the Russian Volunteer Corps flyers. On 15 January 2024, he was sentenced to two years and three months in an open jail.
Later, a second case was opened against Shport for confidential cooperation with foreign nationals, based on his correspondence with individuals who identified themselves as representatives of the Freedom of Russia Legion. According to the young man, this correspondence had also appeared in the first case. On 28 April 2025, Shport was sentenced in the second case to five and a half years in a general regime penal colony.
Others charged under Article 205.2 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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