Egor Shtovba
Egor Shtovba, born 2000, Moscow. Charges: Article 280.4 part 3, Russian Criminal Code (Public calls for activities against state security (by an organized group)); Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)); “The case of Artem Kamardin and Egor Shtovba”. Sentence (December 28, 2023): 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony (282: 3 years, 280.4: 5 years). Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since September 26, 2022; place of detention: Penal colony No. 4, Vladimir Oblast. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, December 1, 2022.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Artists · Anti-war cases, Extremism cases, Cases related to mass actions
Sentence
5 years 6 months
imprisonment in a general regime colony (282: 3 years, 280.4: 5 years)
Upheld August 21, 2025
Charges
- Article 280.4 part 3, Russian Criminal Code — Public calls for activities against state security (by an organized group)
- Article 282 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Incitement of hatred or enmity (with violence, using official position, or by a group)
Full wording of the charges
The proceedings were initiated following recital of poems at the Mayakovsky Readings on September 25. According to the ruling, a case of incitement of hatred towards "members of volunteer armed formations of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics" was initiated. Initially, Shtovba was charged with incitement of hatred with the threat of violence (paragraph a of Article 282 Part 2 of the Criminal Code), but later the charge was reclassified to incitement of hatred by an organised group (paragraph c of Article 282 Part 2 of the Criminal Code), and an additional charge of inciting activities against the security of the state, committed by an organised group (Article 280.4 Part 3 of the Criminal Code) was added. As such, the investigation deemed the calls to refuse summonses, to not sign for them, to avoid appearing at military enlistment offices, and to memorise the aforementioned actions.
Latest event
August 21, 2025 — cassation
The court upheld the verdict.
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, December 1, 2022
Timeline
· Cassation ruling
upheld
· Imprisonment begins
· Preventive measure: transfer between facilities
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Kirov Oblast
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for Perm Krai
· Preventive measure: transfer between facilities
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years 6 months
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Persecution begins
The case of Artem Kamardin and Egor Shtovba
· Preventive measure: placement in a temporary detention facility
Criminal case
The case of Artem Kamardin and Egor Shtovba
- Case number
- 01-0411/2023
Other defendants in the case
- Artem Kamardin — Imprisoned, 7 years
Thematic group: Anti-war case; The Mayakovsky case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 4, Vladimir Oblast
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
601443, Владимирская область, г. Вязники, ул. Железнодорожная, д. 37, ФКУ «ИК № 4 УФСИН по Владимирской области», Штовба Егор Олегович, 2000 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
On September 25, Shtovba was detained during the Mayakovsky Readings on Triumfalnaya Square, and a report was filed against him for violating the order of holding a public event (Article 20.2 Part 5 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The following day, the court imposed a fine of 20,000 roubles on him, after which he was taken to the Investigative Committee. On September 28, the court ordered Shtovba into custody. Initially, he was charged with incitement to hatred with the threat of violence (paragraph a of Article 282 Part 2 of the Criminal Code), but later the charge was reclassified to incitement to hatred by an organised group (paragraph c of Article 282 Part 2 of the Criminal Code), and an additional charge of inciting activities against the security of the state, committed by an organised group (Article 280.4 Part 3 of the Criminal Code) was added. On December 28, 2023, Shtovba was sentenced to five and a half years in a general regime colony. While in the pre-trial detention centre, Shtovba was included in the preventive register "as a person prone to committing terrorist and extremist offences".
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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