Rostislav Stasiv
Rostislav Stasiv, born 2002, Primorsky Krai. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Rostislav Stasiv's case of public justification of terrorism”. Sentence (May 28, 2024): 5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since May 28, 2024. Recognition: Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners — recognised as a political prisoner, July 14, 2025.
In brief
Primorsky Krai · Vladivostok · Students · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases
Sentence
2 years 6 months
5 years 6 months' imprisonment in a general regime colony
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 comment on 10 June 2022 about the arson attack on a military recruitment office in Vladivostok two days earlier: "If the person who did it is reading this comment, you should know that you really did a brave deed, even a heroic one considering our time. When the moth dies, you will be able to tell everyone about it and become one of the crushers of the fascist regime".
Latest event
July 14, 2025 — recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
Recognition by rights defenders
- Recognised as a political prisoner — Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, July 14, 2025
Timeline
· Recognised as a political prisoner
Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Imprisonment begins
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 2 years 6 months
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
· Persecution begins
Rostislav Stasiv's case of public justification of terrorism
· Preventive measure: travel ban (written undertaking)
Criminal case
Rostislav Stasiv's case of public justification of terrorism
Thematic group: Anti-war case
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Full summary
A resident of Vladivostok, a student. He was prosecuted for public justification of terrorism because of a post in June 2022, which said that a man who had set fire to a military recruitment centre two days earlier had committed a heroic act. On 24 November 2022, Stasiv was detained. After interrogation, he was given a recognisance not to leave. On 28 May 2024, the student was sentenced to two and a half years in a general regime colony.
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