Igor Tyron
Igor Tyron, born 1981, Komi Republic. Charges: Article 205.2 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Public incitement to terrorism or justification of terrorism (using media or the internet)); “Igor Tyron's case of public justification of terrorism”. Sentence (April 22, 2025): 5 years' imprisonment in a general regime colony. Status: imprisoned; deprived of liberty since December 26, 2024; place of detention: Penal colony No. 29, Perm Krai.
In brief
Komi Republic · Teachers · Anti-war cases, Terrorism cases
Sentence
5 years
imprisonment in a general regime colony
Upheld June 30, 2025
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
According to the investigation, from November 2022 to July 2023 Tyron wrote comments in one of the messengers, where he spoke positively about the Ukrainian battalion Azov.
Latest event
June 30, 2025 — appeal
The court upheld the verdict.
Timeline
· Appeal ruling
upheld
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 5 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Preventive measure: pre-trial detention
Pre-trial Detention Centre №1 (SIZO-1) of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russian Federation for the Komi Republic
· Persecution begins
Igor Tyron's case of public justification of terrorism
Criminal case
Igor Tyron's case of public justification of terrorism
Thematic group: Anti-war case
Write a letter
Facility: Penal colony No. 29, Perm Krai
Address (in Russian, as written on the envelope)
614056, Пермский край, г. Пермь, ул. Соликамская, д. 246, ФКУ «ИК № 29 ГУФСИН России по Пермскому краю», Тырон Игорь Борисович, 1981 г.р.
Details and sources
Full summary
A resident of Komi, a teacher of history, social studies and geography at a school in the village of Nivshera, Kortkerossky District. On 26 December 2024, he was sent to detention on charges of public justification of terrorism due to comments approving the activities of the Azov battalion. Later it became known that Tyron was also accused of weapons possession, the details of the charges are unknown. On 22 April 2025, he was sentenced to five years in a general regime colony.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
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